Al Gore, Global Warming and 2008

This silly question is raised quite often, so we thought we’d address it here real quick.

The comment in question was raised way back in March of 1999 when Al visited Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Wolf was asking Al what differentiated himself from Democratic challenger, Bill Bradley of New Jersey. His response was, quote:

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country’s economic growth and environmental protection…

Now, clearly, Al wasn’t posturing himself as the creator of the internet here. He was simply mentioning, from a legislative and governmental sense, he helped nurture the technology that became the internet today.

Internet or not, we all value Al’s work. And the world’s a better place cause he’s here : )

Al continues to strengthen his ties to Silicon Valley these days, announcing Monday he had joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a Partner.

Per the New York Times article :

The alliance provides Mr. Gore an additional pulpit for his advocacy of environmental causes, but also gives the Nobel laureate an opportunity to nurture green businesses.

It appears his part-time duties will revolve around analyzing growth potential for alternative energy business sector.

In addition, Al noted he’ll be donating his entire salary to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit policy foundation.

An amazing opportunity, though, to merge the wealth of his knowledge with emerging business and technology.

Best of luck in this endeavor Al.. it’ll be great to see your impact on this in the coming years.

Early word out today : honorable Al Gore is an early, and strong, candidate for this years Nobel Peace Prize. The Oslo based Nobel committee is quite secretive in it’s nomination process, so no concrete announcement has been made as of yet. Global warming and the climate crisis seem to headline the nomination process this year. Canadian Sheila Watt-Cloutier, another well-respected and outspoken activist, is an additional early contender for the prize as well.

We’d like to wish all candidates the best of luck, though..

So…who do you think will win?

**UPDATE - Al Won! The News broke today! Now how about this as a springboard for President!**

A previous poster got me thinking … if Al Gore had a theme song, what would it be?

Peter Gabriel’s ‘Digging in the Dirt’?

what do you suggest?

Props to Time for posting a great pic of Al Gore’s Office.. makes me feel a bit better on the current state of my work desk..