Former Vice President Al Gore called for punishment on climate-change deniers. He said politicians should pay a price for rejecting “accepted science.”
Referring to a federal cap-and-trade system, Gore said, “We need to put a price on carbon to accelerate these market trends,” which would penalize companies who exceed their carbon-emission limits. “And in order to do that, we need to put a price on denial in politics.”
Gore made his remarks at the massive SXSW Interactive festival which brings designers, developers, investors, entrepreneurs, film producers and politicians together to talk about technology, innovation and the future.
“We have this denial industry cranked up constantly,” Gore said in answering a question. “In addition to 99 percent of the scientists and all the professional scientific organizations, now Mother Nature is weighing in.”
In a presentation, Gore showed a slide of Pope Francis and said he looks forward to the pope’s encyclical on the environment. “I’m not a Catholic,” Gore said, “but I could be persuaded to become one.”
Regardless of whether climate change is real or not, freedom of speech is under attack concerning the environment. In the middle ages, the church persecuted those who opposed scientific definitions that the church had approved. Are we headed toward the medieval days of Galileo again?
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Craig Swift
Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 03:29 PMYou do understand the penalties he’s talking about is political as in we the voters should vote these deniers out of office. Climate change real or not? It’s real and man is destroying this planet just as the Bible predicted…Why can’t Christians see the Climate Change is a part of end time prophesy as much as rampant moral decay? The Pope should not be allowed to speak before Congress…while I agree that Climate Change is a real issue the Pope nor any other religious leader representing any faith should be addressing the nation from Congress… .My liberals friends including Gore wouldn’t be so excited if the Pope were addressing abortions from Congress…
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Friday April 3rd, 2015 at 04:02 PMA political price is only the beginning. Pr. Mayer
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Friday April 3rd, 2015 at 04:06 PMFreedom of speech is a principle of the US Constitution. One can make all kinds of stupid claims that he wants. Some may even believe him. He still has the right to make his point even if he’s wrong, or irrational. If he is a politician, he could lose an election and pay a political price, just for being wrong. Gore is suggesting a penalty (and I’m not sure it would be limited to political) on those who are unwilling to yield to the climate change juggernaut, whether right or wrong. One of the points of the article was to show the connection to Rome, and the support climate change gets from Rome. Whether human induced climate change is true or false, it is being used to bring on global controls over sovereign nations, which was another point of the article. This inevitably assists with globalization, which is destined for global worship according to Revelation 13:8 You cannot have globalization of worship, if you don’t have globalization of government, economy, society, etc. That is the prophetic link. Pr. Mayer
Craig Swift
Thursday April 2nd, 2015 at 03:34 PMYou do know the every so called scientist that is a Climate Changer denier is paid for by the fossil fuel industry…everyone of them…LOL You have James Inhoufe R OK and Ted Curz R Texas making a completely fool of themselves and outright lying and misleading and confusing the public on Climate change although they are not the only ones and Gore as well as many other feel like there should be a political price… as in getting voted out of office. In no way did he suggest a fine or monetary price….
Kevin H. Patterson
Friday April 3rd, 2015 at 08:40 PMAl Gore has just as much right to “freedom of speech” as climate-change deniers. I see no evidence whatsoever, in this article or elsewhere, that he is suggesting any restriction of that basic freedom. Politicians do have a responsibility to back up their views with solid evidence, scientific or otherwise; the public deserves and should expect it.
Galileo is actually an example of the Church opposing scientific discovery, not the other way around…
Alix Romanov
Friday April 3rd, 2015 at 09:31 PMWe knew this was coming. Watch the money…the money is all they want. It’s not about global warming, it’s all about global socialism. So many scientists have come forward and confessed they skewed the numbers on global warming to make it sound like the planet is warming. And it is Al that often profits from these phony “man-made” global warming scams by selling carbon credits. God is in control of the climate of His world. God & God alone is in charge of the cycles of His creation. God doesn’t ask us to worship nature and waste money on the things that will eventually pass away. We should spend money Biblical literature, go on speaking tours, etc. for the salvation of souls. Global warming only lines the pockets of souls who care nothing but worshiping the earth.