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Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Blaubarschmann@feddit.de 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel with this guy. Dude has been trying to tell everyone about climate change for decades and people still don't really do much to fight it. They deny, delay, argue instead of taking action even though they know exactly what to do

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine if this guy didn't get shafted during the elections and became POTUS. The world would probably be very different...

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_with_Ed_Miliband

And credible fraud allegations during the 1996 Russian Presidential election.

The world could have been a very different place.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But the president of this entire show who just happens to be also part of the oil industry said there's no scientific proof...

Oh well! Show's over folks.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s no scientific proof because you have been burying it for decades and spreading misinformation!

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And yet still there's plenty of proof. The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is just lying.

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I wonder how things would have been if we got him instead of Bush :/

[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Fun fact: that guy was elected president.

Less fun fact: Jan 6 wasn't the only coup attempt in the US in the last few decades. The Brooks Brothers Riot was one too, and it succeeded.

[–] Binthinkin@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Dickhead should have fought Bush over the Brooks Brother Riot. Thanks for being a bitch Gore.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agreements and phasing schemes dont do shit as we've seen.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

If they actually result in not adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, they'll do.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

At this point it's a joke...

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The killing joke.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

It's so funny ... I'm dying ... we're all dying