Joe Romm meets Al Gore and becomes bullish on PV.

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http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/1/11/102248/330
http://climateprogress.org/2008/01/11/my-al-gore-story/

My Al Gore story
Gore's impromptu humor at a recent small climate summit
Posted by Joseph Romm at 4:50 PM on 11 Jan 2008

I'm not normally given to shameless name-dropping, but what else are blogs really for (other than making bets with readers)?

Over the last three days I attended a small climate solutions summit hosted by the former vice president and current Nobel laureate. It was off-the-record, so I can't report on presentations directly, but they have made me a lot smarter about the latest technologies and strategies for clean energy, which will inform my blogging this year on climate solutions. I will say now as an aside that I have become much more bullish on the potential for large-scale solar photovoltaics as a result of attending these meetings.

The VP asked me to speak for seven minutes on hydrogen at dinner Wednesday. Before dinner, I gave him a copy of the brand-new paperback edition of -- warning, shameless product placement -- Hell and High Water. He looked it over for a few minutes and said, deadpan:

'I have only one problem with this book -- this blurb on the back here that says, "If you buy only one book about global warming, make it Hell and High Water. I just can't agree with that.'

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. Have to admit --

The man has a sense of humor ;)