Last night on the Charlie Rose show, Gore speaking on the challenge of climate change:
Never before have we faced a challenge that brings the potential for ending human civilization as know it. And the time frame within which we have to act is shockingly short.
If we were to decide in the present generation to take all of the sacrifices and labours of the generations before us and exploit them fully for ourselves and give the back of our hand to the generations coming after us, it would be the most immoral act of any generation of humans in history.
It is a challenge to our moral imagination to recognize the magnitude of this challenge and the urgency with which we have to act. It is not a political issue; it is a moral issue ….
Transcript here.
Um, Al…. Nuclear War perhaps?
The other two paragraphs are totally on point though. That’s one of the ways this should be spun. The immorality of stealing from the future. They always say you should respect your elders, we’ll how about our elders respect us for a change by not leaving us a shell of a planet?