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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yA s c a n d i d a t e s l i n e u p f o r r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e i r p a r t y i n t h e 2 0 0 8 p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n , o t h e r p l a y e r s i n t h e m i x a r e f o r m e r V i c e P r e s i d e n t A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g . F o l l o w i n g h i s l o s t b i d t o b e p r e s i d e n t i n 2 0 0 0 , G o r e b e c a m e t h e s t a n d a r d b e a r e r i n t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d e v e n w o n a n O s c a r f o r h i s p e r f o r m a n c e i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y - b a s e d m o v i e A n I n c o n v e n i e n t T r u t h .
M a n y d e t r a c t o r s c l a i m t h a t G o r e d i d l i t t l e d u r i n g h i s e i g h t y e a r s a s v i c e p r e s i d e n t . S u p p o r t e r s s a y h e h a s r e c o g n i z e d t h e n e e d t o h e l p t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d i s h o p i n g t o b r i n g a t t e n t i o n t o t h e i s s u e . D e t r a c t o r s h o w e v e r , c l a i m t h e r e i s a n u n d e r l y i n g m o t i v e a n d t h e c o n n e c t i o n o f A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s h o p e i s t o b r i n g a t t e n t i o n t o h i s p o l i t i c a l a m b i t i o n s . T h e r e c e n t f i l m t h a t i n i t i a l l y a p p e a r e d a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t l y p r o d u c e d d o c u m e n t a r y , w o n c r i t i c a l a c c l a i m f o r h i s p e r f o r m a n c e e x p l a i n i n g t h e i s s u e h a s a l s o b e e n d e b u n k e d a s u s i n g m o r e t h e o r y t h a n f a c t .
M a n y s c i e n t i s t s s u p p o r t t h e t h e o r y w h i l e o t h e r o u t r i g h t d e p i c t i t a s a w a r n i n g f r o m a l a r m i s t s , w h o a r e u s i n g A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g t o p u s h t h e i r e n v i r o n m e n t a l i d e a s . T h e y b e l i e v e t h a t b y s h o w i n g a p o t e n t i a l f o r a w o r l d l y d i s a s t e r , i t c a n m a k e i n r o a d s o n m a n y o f t h e i r e n v i r o n m e n t a l o p i n i o n s . B y t o u t i n g A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g a s t h e o n l y w a y t o s a v e t h e p l a n e t , t h e y c a n a l l b e h e r o e s .
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A s e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s a r e q u i c k t o p o i n t o u t , i f t h e y a r e r i g h t a n d t h e g l o b e b e c o m e s t o o w a r m , i t c o u l d c a u s e c a t a s t r o p h i c c l i m a t e c h a n g e s , e n d i n g l i f e a s i t i s k n o w n t o d a y . T h o s e a r g u i n g a g a i n s t t h e t h e o r y s a y t h a t i f a f e w h u n d r e d y e a r s p a s s a n d n o t h i n g d i s a s t r o u s h a s h a p p e n e d , t h e y w i l l s t i l l b e w r o n g a s A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g p r o t e c t i o n w i l l c l a i m t h e y c h a n g e d t h e c l i m a t e c o n d i t i o n s e n o u g h t o p r e s e r v e t h e E a r t h .
E s s e n t i a l l y , A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g t r a v e l i n g w a r n i n g s h o w w e n t a l l o u t t o s h o w w h a t s o m e s c i e n t i s t s b e l i e v e t h e e v e n t u a l l y d e m i s e o f t h e E a r t h s e c o - s y s t e m a s w a r m i n g o f t h e a t m o s p h e r e w i l l c a u s e g l a c i e r s t o m e l t , t h e d e p t h s o f o c e a n s t o r i s e , w h i c h w i l l c a u s e u n p r e c e d e n t e d c h a n g e s i n t h e n u m b e r a n d s e v e r i t y o f w e a t h e r e v e n t s . A l t h o u g h t h e y h a v e n o e x p l a n a t i o n f o r t h e m i l e h u r r i c a n e s e a s o n i n 2 0 0 6 , t h e y d o b l a m e t h e s e v e r e w e a t h e r o f 2 0 0 5 o n g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
M a n y w h o w o u l d b e n e f i t m o s t f r o m t h e A l G o r e a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e a r e p u s h i n g h i m t o r u n f o r a n o t h e r s t i n t i n t h e W h i t e H o u s e , h o p i n g h i s i n v o l v e m e n t w i t h t h e i s s u e w i l l l e a d f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t i o n . T h o s e w h o a r e n o t s o l d o n t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e , m a y c o n t i n u e t o a d v i s e h i m t o r e m a i n a c i v i l i a n .
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