Gore Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry 'Shamelessness' in Lying to Public

[Uncle Joe]

"They are continuing to do similar things today to try to fool people and pull the wool over people's eyes just in the name of greed," the former vice president said.

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"I was pretty slow to recognize how important the massive funding of anti-climate messaging was going on. I underestimated the power of greed in the fossil fuel industry, the shamelessness in putting out the lies."

"They are continuing to do similar things today to try to fool people and pull the wool over people's eyes just in the name of greed," Gore continued.

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Gore, who tried to raise awareness about the climate crisis in the U.S. House of Representatives as early as 1981 and brought the issue to national attention in 2006's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, has taken a harsher tone against oil, gas, and coal companies in recent months. In August 2023, he said that the "climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis," and in September, he implored the industry to "get out of the way." In December, he lamented that the industry had "captured the COP process," referring to the appointment of the United Arab Emirates national oil company CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to preside over the United Nations' COP28 climate conference in that country.

In the USA Today interview, Gore also named the fossil fuel industry when asked about his greatest frustration.

"Well, that we haven't made more progress," Gore answered, "and that some of the fossil fuel companies have been shameless in providing, continuing to provide lavish funding for disinformation and misinformation."

"What's at stake is so incredible," he added.

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/al-gore-fossil-fuels-2667533226

[Botany]

1. The Fossil Fuel Industries are a cancer on the supportive capacity for humans of our biological systems

Gore is right to be frustrated with them. The salt water is now moving north up the
Mississippi River as a result of the melting of the ice caps because of climate change
which is fueled by the burning of fossil fuels which raises the sea level such as in the
Gulf of Mexico and now we are changing the biodynamics of that water way.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I believe this is the root as to why the Republican Party

has literally become a cult worshiping at the altar of dictatorship.

They have given up on democracy because A. the choices aren't easy and B. being bought off is sweet.

They got the whole world in their hands.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAX2CsmUAAAHZR4?format=jpg&name=small

[Think. Again.]

3. K&R