Al Gore presents ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ for UM’s Lecture Series

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By Charity Vergara

The program reads “An Evening with the Honorable Al Gore” and I immediately shove it in my purse. As a second-generation Cuban, I’m liberated enough to attend such an event, but not progressed enough to appreciate it-- and thus came the ignorant comment, “Ha! The honorable Al Gore!” Suddenly, I felt heat-vision rays

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[mysticdragona63]

Well well well, aren't we the little scientist? And aren't we critical of the opinions of others? So while I may not have researched on the internet quite as much as you have, I do know a thing or two about this.

The fact that Gore only looks at the past two hundred years or so means that the data he is presenting is distorted and yes LIMITED in its scope. To be truly unbiased, he'd have to go further back in history and present ALL the data that can possibly be found on this matter.

"What do you know about the last couple of billion years?
Say, before prokaryotes slithered on this planet?"

First off, its generally accepted that earth is about 4.5 billion years old. So yeah, maybe saying billion was a bit of a hyperbole but i can guarentee you that a few billion years ago prokaryotes were "present" (oh, and by the way, prokaryotes are cells ergo they can't quite slither now can they? If you are going to critique everyone elses scientific "facts" get your own straight).

And second off, scientists can go as far back as hundreds of thousands of years simply by looking at ice cores. This scope is way grander than looking at the last 300 years. So chew on that. (And by the way in some of these ice cores, where there are air bubbles that have preserved the chemical composition of the air for hundred of thousands of years, at one point - during a period of extremely cool temperatures - the CO2 levels were about ten times what they are now.)

Oh, and just as an aside, there are in fact some theories (put forth by credible scientists) that the global rise in temperature is causing the temperature of the oceans to rise. And what is necessary for a bitch of a hurricane? Oh yeah...warm waters.

So before you go and attack everyone else's opinions and points of view, why don't you get your facts straight and look at both sides before being so incredibly certain that YOUR conclusion is the only conclusion out there.

(PS. You sure seem awfully certain of facts that experienced scientists today are arguing over; scienctist who are unable to come up with an conclusive and unarguable answer for the causes of global warming. I wonder where you must have gotten your PHd on ecology?...you speak of ecological matters with such certainty and assurance.)

So am I clear enough with my opinions this time around?

[untrammeled]

Uh, you're just being belligerent, so I'll try and not be too condescending.

"First off, its generally accepted that earth is about 4.5 billion years old. So yeah, maybe saying billion was a bit of a hyperbole but i can guarentee you that a few billion years ago prokaryotes were "present" (oh, and by the way, prokaryotes are cells ergo they can't quite slither now can they? If you are going to critique everyone elses scientific "facts" get your own straight)."

lol, you really shouldn't have gone out of your way to disprove the "slithering" part: i added it for illustration. Forgive me for not using using the "proper" scientific name for prokaryotic motility (pseudopodia, I think it's called).

"And second off, scientists can go as far back as hundreds of thousands of years simply by looking at ice cores. This scope is way grander than looking at the last 300 years. So chew on that. (And by the way in some of these ice cores, where there are air bubbles that have preserved the chemical composition of the air for hundred of thousands of years, at one point - during a period of extremely cool temperatures - the CO2 levels were about ten times what they are now.)"

That's pretty cool, I didn't know that.

"Oh, and just as an aside, there are in fact some theories (put forth by credible scientists) that the global rise in temperature is causing the temperature of the oceans to rise. And what is necessary for a bitch of a hurricane? Oh yeah...warm waters. "

Okay, take a step back and look at what you wrote, because your statement was inconsistent. Rising water doesn't equate to warmer water, and rising water especially doesn't equate to bigger hurricanes. I know what you meant by that, and yes, warmer waters does result in more vigorous hurricanes. I personally agree with the rising, warming water theory, so back up off meh.

"So before you go and attack everyone else's opinions and points of view, why don't you get your facts straight and look at both sides before being so incredibly certain that YOUR conclusion is the only conclusion out there."

I didn't attack your opinion, i reproved its lack thereof. Also, all of my facts were accurate, all of them. I think at this point you were just rambling mindless retorts, without actually taking a moment to stop and think. Spare yourself and stop arguing in cliches.
I never proclaimed anything I said to be the last and final conclusion: I was warning Charity (I implied it by having written that response, and said it outright at the end) that her information was mostly one-sided and that her article should "look at both sides."

Don't bother replying to this, focus more on your homework.

[mysticdragona63]

1) I can reply if i feel like it (obviously)
2) You utterly failed at not being condescending
3) I never said that the global rise in temperature is causing the OCEANS to rise, i said the global rise in temperature is "causing the temperature of the oceans to rise".
4) Yes, i was being a bit aggressive (which is why i commented on the slithering bit) but thats how i was feeling that day; everyone is allowed to have crappy days. I happened to be quite obviously miffed at your barely restrained condescention so yeah, i ranted a little. And i am sorry for that.

PS. whats with the hw comment? Thats pretty random.