I still don't get how the climate change stuff equates to Peace? re: the environmental people and

[RB TexLa]

the Nobel peace prize.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. What do you think's going to happen when two billion people have no place to live?

[RB TexLa]

3. I'm sure there are more than 2 billion homeless in the world already

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Why be obtuse?

[RB TexLa]

5. I wasn't

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Why play little games?

[RB TexLa]

9. I don't

[Rhythm and Blue]

11. You really were.

If, say, Nigeria were to become unable to support human life due to a mass drought that turns it into a desert area, what do you think would happen?

[RB TexLa]

12. I really wasn't. I could be wrong but I'd think 2 billion homeless in the world is not too

far off the mark.

[Bandit]

22. How about no drinking water for a billion people?

You think there would be any fighting over water? There is going to be major conflicts because of environmental conditions and the US Military is already working on the problems it expects to occur.

[Rhythm and Blue]

23. There are 100 million homeless worldwide. That's 1/20th of your figure.

Moreover, we're not just talking about homelessness. We're talking about mass starvation, mass drought, spread of diseases due to loss of clean drinking water. We're talking about a worldwide spike in food prices. We're talking about wars fought over water resources, and entire nations losing agricultural sufficiency. Redistributing the world's rain patterns would have wide-ranging consequences for much of the world.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Resource wars are very real...

and going on right now -- like in Iraq.

On edit: Also be aware that there are Nobel prizes for things other than "work for peace" -- such as science, literature, etc.

[EVDebs]

6. Think Netherlands underwater along with low lying Pacific island states

And then think how they view the largest carbon emitters, US, EU, China, India, Japan, Russia.

They think of the US first

Climate change: The big emitters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3143798.stm

and then mainly as the biggest footdragger on Kyoto etc. They hate us because of our freedom, freedom to pollute possibly ?

[Rhythm and Blue]

8. Environmental catastrophes are the greatest destabilizing factor in the world.

Personally, I'm not sure I'd vote to give it to Gore (as much as I like him), but nothing has throughout history shattered governments and collapsed societies like droughts, shifts in rainfall patterns, and other resource shortages.

[Mabus]

10. Pentagon report about the consequences of global climate change (re: national security,)

A hair-raising (PDF) Pentagon report on the potentially imminent and colossal national security threat posed by climate change has been making its way around the Internet since its release in late January, and this week it picked up considerable speed.

Fortune magazine was the first major news outlet to cover the report; the "Climate Collapse" feature in its Jan. 26 issue raised many an eyebrow in business and Beltway circles. Then, this past Sunday, a somewhat more histrionic article on the report ran in the British Observer and has been swirling through blogs and listservs.

http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2004/02/25/pentagoners/

edited to make subject line more coherent.

[Viking12]

13. "reduce greenhouse gas emissions today...or we will pay the price later in military terms"

General Anthony Zinni:

http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0710/full/climate.2007.56.html

See also:

Global climate change presents a serious national security threat which could impact Americans at home, impact US military operations, and heighten global tensions, according to a new study released by a blue-ribbon panel of retired admirals and generals from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/

[Mrs. Overall]

14. Here's a website of the past winners. They seem to represent a broad number of causes:

http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/peace/peace.html

[RB TexLa]

15. So basically it doesn't have to actually be trying to achieve peace

which is fine, it's their award.

[Mrs. Overall]

16. Wangari Maathai is an environmentalist in Kenya, who also ran

for government offices. She won in 2004. Her story seems the most similar to Gore.

[kestrel91316]

20. Connect the dots. Global climate destabilization will lead to

massive conflict, war, and death

If fighting global climate change isn't a way to promote peace, i don't know what the hell is.

[opihimoimoi]

17. Gore is calling attention to GW and its consequences...rising sea levels

will cause Humankind into a die off....perhaps 4 to 5 BILLION will suffer /perish due to FAMINE/WAR/PESTILENCE...

Resouces are already stretched thin....in 5 years or so......The Earth will have 7 to 7.5 BILLION PEEPS living while todays resouces will have diminished.....

Voila....Death on a massive scale....

THAT IS....Unless we do something....and GORE is ATTEMPTING JUYST THAT...

The answers are here but we refuse to even bring that up...pity

[Ganja Ninja]

18. For one thing if we were to develop solar and wind power and

adapt it for our primary source of electrical power it would take away the excuse that other nations such as North Korea and Iran have for developing nuclear power.

[kestrel91316]

19. Massive global climate change >>>> famine and emergency

relocation of millions of people >>>> social unrest >>>> WAR and NEEDLESS DEATH

[earth mom]

21. This post is a very obvious attempt to stir the pot.

Hmm... Reminds me of the tactics of some people from that "other" site. :eyes: