Gore wins peace prize
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/10/12/nobel-peace.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7041082.stm
Well I'm surprised, and I'm trying to decide if this is a good thing. I do feel the climate change issue should remain in the public eye and this pushes it forward still further... but the peace prize? Feels like a bit of a stretch.
Regardless, it will do one thing for the Nobel prize system, increase their own public awareness, and frankly I think that is important too.
What do you think? Would economics have been a better fit or does this fall outside the usual areas of the prizes? Do Gore and the IPCC deserve it at all?
Shade
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7041082.stm
Well I'm surprised, and I'm trying to decide if this is a good thing. I do feel the climate change issue should remain in the public eye and this pushes it forward still further... but the peace prize? Feels like a bit of a stretch.
Regardless, it will do one thing for the Nobel prize system, increase their own public awareness, and frankly I think that is important too.
What do you think? Would economics have been a better fit or does this fall outside the usual areas of the prizes? Do Gore and the IPCC deserve it at all?
Shade