The former vice president will speak today on the topic, in advance of Climate Week and as President Trump lifts limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
yeah, we know, but we’re not the ones he needs to convince
He was always right. I’m glad he’s angrier about it now, rightfully so, it’s so frustrating to see the world dance around the issue with side projects instead of a more concerted drive to urgently stop burning fossil fuels.
I think he did a good job making the younger generation mad about it, though we all wish we had more of an impact.
“Al” is a really unfortunate name for 2026 climate change activism, though.
I love AI gore
I was taught about global warming in the 90ies at school and have always been concerned about the environment and pollution. I’m from the generation that saw that Manbearpig episode, and even though I know South Park “makes fun of everyone”, this one always seemed too much.
But I stopped giving a fuck during the pandemic when I realized that even a pandemic wouldn’t change society.
We saw first hand how the environment could improve and benefit from making changes in our way of life, but most people wanted to go back to their commute and waste energy in traffic.
Even today, governments and public employers are still forcing their employees to go “back to the office” even if it’s not needed for lots of jobs.
I care about the future of next generations, I have nephews and nieces, but apparently nobody gives a fuck because it would be too expensive and disruptive. We prefer cheap gas.
So I still maintain my lifestyle of not having a car and being careful when I can, but I was avoiding airplanes as they are the most polluting mode of transport, and I don’t anymore.The majority apparently doesn’t care and just wants cheap gas and cheap shit. They want to choke us while complaining everything is getting more expensive, amd won’t change anything.
Every headline year after year is how we won’t reach our climate “goals” and how we’re passing thresholds one after the other.
So I don’t give a fuck now. It’s sad but I can see what people around me chose, and it’s cheap gas and endless consumption.
Yeah im kinda where you’re at. As humans we know better but 99% of us just act like animals anyway. Just eat and consume as much as possible and fight anyone who gets in our way. That’s basically what it comes down to, everyone knows burning oil and sending the smoke into the air is a bad idea long term, they just don’t care.
I’d argue that most people didn’t want to go back to commuting at all but the owning class demanded it. The same people demand we build data centers now
Regulation and organizational optimization could make the difference, but the incentives are “make as much money as possible, everything else be dammed”, not, “Work towards a better and more functional society by guiding our future with sustainable humanitarian practices”
When given the option the population chooses consume more every single time. When you ask voters if Climate change matters a super majority says it does but when they rank it alongside other issues its at the bottom of the list, with things that will pollute more higher in the list. Politicians are reading that signal correctly, consume the planet because all the caring is purely performative. When it comes to protests to try and change the situation most people find themselves wanting the disruption to end, and thus join the polluters side. They don’t actually care and their own behaviour shows that they don’t. Humanity doesn’t have a future, we are going to shoot on through to the worst case scenario and extinction.
Al Gore is Still Sounding
Oh wow! You’d think he’d be sore by now!
I mean I’m glad Al is still fighting the good fight, but I think most of the willing ears are already alarmed
