Wasn't he born in 1948, making it hard for him to personally recall those periods in history? And also, are those events even related to the energy and climate issues he is talking about in the article?

Actually, subby, the world wars weren't like that for the US. We were in the first one for only about a year and a half and the second one took us out of the Depression.

/or are you German?

OblivionToad: Wasn't he born in 1948, making it hard for him to personally recall those periods in history? And also, are those events even related to the energy and climate issues he is talking about in the article?

Considering the Great Depression was exacerbated by the "dust bowl era" in the midwest when poor farming techniques severely damaged airable land and rendered it useless and caused a massive displacement of humanity to western states, well, I think you could make an argument for that, yes.

I had no idea that the great depression, the revolutionary and civil war or WWI and II all happened simultaneously. Holy crap, what a day that must have been.

It would make history a lot easier if all that shiat happened at the same time.

Al Gore is a hack.

and Subby the fail bus? your on it..

You're!

lexshine: Al Gore is a hack.

and Subby the fail bus? your on it..

So are you.

To be fair, since he wasn't alive during any of those, and his time machine isn't finished yet, he'd have a hard time remembering them.

John McCain on the other hand...

From TFA, "Things aren't going right!!! My greenie weenie plan was supposed to be the next stock market bubble!!!! Someone please be stupid enough to buy some carbon credit indulgences. PLEASE!!!"


ok, not really

He lives in his happy place. Don't burst his bubble.

If you stopped reporting on Al Gore he'd go away.

John Paul Jones: I had no idea that the great depression, the revolutionary and civil war or WWI and II all happened simultaneously. Holy crap, what a day that must have been.

and it happened on a monday to boot!

"Think, submitter. Think."

No, no. Al Gore invented the internet. Dr. Emmet Brown invented the flux capacitor. You've mixed them up.

You know, there were plenty of problems in the 70's that submitter probably could've gotten away with referencing without looking too stupid. Oh well. Live and learn

I thought WWI and WWII for great for America? WWII help lift out of that depression and make the US the most powerful nation on Earth. Plus they completely owned the Nazis. And who doesn't love owning Nazis?

Canadian Canuck: I thought WWI and WWII forwere great for America? WWII help lift out of that depression and make the US the most powerful nation on Earth. Plus they completely owned the Nazis. And who doesn't love owning Nazis?

Wow I fail.

MePod: You know, there were plenty of problems in the 70's that submitter probably could've gotten away with referencing without looking too stupid. Oh well. Live and learn

Vietnam?

Vietnam, gas crisis, Iran hostage crisis, aging hippies, disco, etc.

MePod: disco

That alone is bad enough.

Subby: "I don't remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously," Gore said, having never heard of the great depression, the revolutionary and civil war or WWI and II

shiat. Those things all happened at the same time?

Wait, am I too late to come in here and point out that Gore isn't old enough to remember all of that, and that these events all happened at the same day on what must have been the worst week of Mondays in the history of the world?

John Paul Jones: I had no idea that the great depression, the revolutionary and civil war or WWI and II all happened simultaneously. Holy crap, what a day that must have been.

thank you.
THANK YOU!

It kind of bothers me that it took four posts for someone to point out subby's misunderstanding of the word "simultaneously"...

Jeebus, subby. Fail much?

Surly_Duff: It kind of bothers me that it took four posts for someone to point out subby's misunderstanding of the word "simultaneously"...

Jeebus, subby. Fail much?

This is truly one of the dumbest headlines I've ever seen.

Subby fails...miserably.

Had we fought WWII during the great depression while our president burned $5/gallon gas to travel by boat to where the arctic ice-cap used to be before it melted, took a giant shiat on the constitution, then told us that the japanese attack on perl harbor never happened and we fuaght a war based on a false premise and the "best intelligence available at the time"...well, then I'd say our current situation was nothing special....

Correct, Gore was not alive for any of those so he could not have remembered them.

Al Gore is a mongoloid.

The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday.

This, the lead, is Gore's dumbass moment. If we should be carbon-free we should be carbon-free now. But we can't do it now, and we can't do it in ten years. It's not like inventing the Internet where you throw small change at nerds and stand back. Replacing most of the nation's power plants is a huge task. We can't even finish arguing about whether to build one power plant in that time.

If you want to try, you need to get a lot of nuclear power plants built in 10 years. The only way to do that, and it probably isn't enough, is to exempt them from environmental regulations and third party lawsuits over licenses and such while requiring the NRC to act quickly on all applications.

In other news, McCain lived through all the examples stated and can't remember what he had for breakfast this morning.

My friends.... (creepy smile)... that's not pancakes you can believe in.

ZAZ: The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday.

This, the lead, is Gore's dumbass moment. If we should be carbon-free we should be carbon-free now. But we can't do it now, and we can't do it in ten years. It's not like inventing the Internet where you throw small change at nerds and stand back. Replacing most of the nation's power plants is a huge task. We can't even finish arguing about whether to build one power plant in that time.

If you want to try, you need to get a lot of nuclear power plants built in 10 years. The only way to do that, and it probably isn't enough, is to exempt them from environmental regulations and third party lawsuits over licenses and such while requiring the NRC to act quickly on all applications.

when we were challenged to send a man to the moon in 10 years, not only could we not do it, no one could. it had never been done, by anyone. we did it.

he wants to challenge us to do something that has already happened in other countries. for farks sake, france figured it out already.

the only reason we can't or won't do it is we're too busy telling ourselves we can't or won't do it.

Loser says what?

Gore has been around since the civil war? WOW never knew that!!

I was just at an investment office yesterday, and in that room there was a large poster tracking the Dow since 1920s, while mentioning the one world story for that year. Reading all the problems we've had since 1920s, I can't believe how good we have things now.

seminole87: Lol, great troll headline.

no shiat.

/grabs popcorn
//"keep it above the belt, guys"

Maybe subbie was referring to some Jungian "collective unconscious" from which Gore should have drawn his dream-symbol-memories. Or maybe he/she is just dumb.

You forgot Poland.

Al Gore aint saying a damn thing, because I won at irony.

/not obscure
//fizzbiatch and GUN

yea i think those times were a lot worse than what we'll see in our lifetime.

- worldwide water shortages
- rising level swallowing places like florida and manhattan (but who needs these places?)
- completely altered food chains that affect the human diet around the world
- the slowing of ocean currents leading to the longest droughts you will ever see. EVAR.

but all that crap aint too bad

elle200: She agrees, I think.

If you crop that picture right and add an alien costume, you wouldn't even need a mask for the face!

Hey, subby:

Al Gore and most libs cannot fathom a world where they don't have something to cry about or someone to blame for something. Yea, Yea, The sky is falling Chicken Little! IDIOT

America's a bunch of whiners... sad to admit I fall among that crowd living there, but the attention span of the average American is staggering. What was I saying?

uh I took "remember" to imply times he specifically lived through.

"The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday."

Good, I'm half way there already (new window). So should the rest of the USA.

Colonel_Debugger: From TFA, "Things aren't going right!!! My greenie weenie plan was supposed to be the next stock market bubble!!!! Someone please be stupid enough to buy some carbon credit indulgences. PLEASE!!!"


ok, not really

Basically, this. As usual, politicians fleece the public for money while engineers and other technical professionals have an uphill battle securing any public funds to actually fix the problems.

//Good thing private industry has a vested interest in resource management.

People in here are actually suggesting that he meant literally in his life time? If he meant "in my life time" he would have said "in my life time." But it's fun to pick and choose when to take someone literally and when not to!

Obtuse liberals make Chadds Fark Prefect giggle.

You guys suck at understanding syntax. That part of the headline parses to "Many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously during the Great Depression, during the Revolutionary War, and during the Civil and World Wars."