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March 11, 2009 Al Gore Ducks Warming Debate (Updated)In an article in today's Wall Street Journal, John Fund reports that Al Gore has refused to appear with Czech President Vaclav Klaus: Once again Al Gore has ducked the chance to debate critics of his global warming doomsday predictions. The former vice president loves to lecture others on the need to address global warming, but usually insists on appearing alone and largely unchallenged at conferences. At the Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, California, Mr. Gore was initially scheduled to appear with Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a noted skeptic on global warming. Mr. Gore changed his schedule so he could appear the previous day. President Klaus told me this week that the major reason he agreed to travel from Europe was the chance to interact with Mr. Gore. "I don't understand all of this reluctance to engage with others," he told me. Several other critics of Mr. Gore also tried to interact with him at the conference -- with little success. Willie Soon, an astrophysicist at Harvard, asked Mr. Gore during the Q-and-A period what exactly he was trying to accomplish in practical terms with his proposals. Mr. Gore ignored the substance of the question and snidely said he was trying to save humanity. If the theory of man made global warming is such a slam dunk, why is Mr. Gore afraid to debate? UPDATE: Marc Sheppard, who is covering the International Conference on Climate Change for American Thinker, adds the following, Gore has refused to debate time and time again. In fact, he has been forced to use the tired term "The Debate Is Over" so many times, he may as well have it stamped to his head. At last week's Wall Street Journal Eco-nomics conference, Gore was directly challenged to debate by Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg. His reply: "But you know, the scientific community has dealt with this - the approach The Goracle has similarly squirmed out of debates with Dennis Avery and Lord Monckton of Brenchley, just to name a few. Monday morning at ICCC, California Congressman Tom McClintock informed the audience that Heartland had offered to sponsor a debate at Oxford University against any of three skeptics and in the format of Gore's choice. But the man who would be leader of the green world will not accept any such challenge. And the reason is quite simple. As Lord Monckton put it so colorfully yesterday in his rousing address to close the conference: The bed-wetter knows he'll lose. |
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