Block a bulldozer for Al Gore! (civil disobedience against global warming)

Posted Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 9:39 pm
According to Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times (Times Select; excerpt) Al Gore not only "vibrates with passion [about global warming]", he wants young people to take direct action. Now, certainly, civil disobedience is perfectly justifiable in many cases, but I don't think Big Wooden Al is either Gandhi or Thoreau, even as he tries to assume their mantles for his own ends.
I ran into Al Gore at a climate/energy conference this month, and he vibrates with passion about this issue -- recognizing that we should confront mortal threats even when they don't emanate from Al Qaeda.

"We are now treating the Earth's atmosphere as an open sewer," he said, and (perhaps because my teenage son was beside me) he encouraged young people to engage in peaceful protests to block major new carbon sources.

"I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers," Mr. Gore said, "and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants."

Comments

amanda (not verified)

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 11:01

I have had it with 'environmentalists' who avoid the population issue. The ones who do are attacked as hatemongers by open border supporters like the SPLC. If you want my respect, Albert Gore, quit avoiding the elephant in the room.

HeatherRadish (not verified)

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 11:53

_"I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers," Mr. Gore said, "and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants."_ Video games, big screens, iPods, etc, all use electricity...maybe they'd to be able to afford to purchase some.

Scottar (not verified)

Sat, 02/23/2008 - 01:37

The anthropogenic global warming herd is mainly driven by politico, socialist conspirators and their useful dupes. Check it out on a video by Penn and Teller: http://adognamedkyoto.blogspot.com/2008/02/bullshit-environmental-hysteria.html It's somewhat funny too as Penn and Teller productions tend to turn out, but they make a very good point.