Bono & Gore on Global Warming

January 26, 2008

Davos is where Bubba wishes he was; however, getting those free rides on Air Force One and sleeping in the White House, even if in a different room, is more important these days. So, Bubba is up to his nose in controversy in the South Carolina primary, leaving Davos to Bono and Gore. And Soros, Gates, etc. They want to know what’s up with all this weird weather. Is it normal, cyclical, or signs of an impending doom?

Sharing a stage with the former US vice president Al Gore, at the annual gathering of world movers and shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the Bono joked that their friendship was a source of pressure on the domestic front.
“He’s been round my house and it’s like… here’s the recycler Al, you know… I’ve got a posh car, but it runs on ethanol Al,” Bono said.

Acknowledging that a career in rock music was not always conducive to a green lifestyle, Bono compared a conversation with Gore to an act of religious contrition. “It’s like being with an Irish priest. You start to confess your sins,” he said. “Father Al, I am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star. “I’m going to kick the habit. I’m trying father Al, but oil has been very good for me — those convoys of articulated lorries, petrochemical products, hair gel.”

Bono was there to push his pet project which is world wide poverty. And Gore, well you know what he was doing there, but let me elaborate.

“Climate change is occurring far more rapidly than even the worst predictions” Al Gore said on Thursday. He also added, “Recent evidence shows the climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding more rapidly than those on the pessimistic side of the IPCC projections had warned us.”

Could global warming be part of the anticipated 2012 global catastrophe?

There are now some forecasts that the North Pole ice caps may disappear entirely during summer months within five years. And then you can get others who say this is nothing but a normal cycle. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a massive report the size of three phone books on the reality and risks of climate change, its 4th assessment in 18 years. One is to be impressed with the volume of any reports!

But, regardless of who is saying what, global warming is a key theme at this year’s meeting of the world’s business and political elite in Davos. And every major player is there- except Bubba of course!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary