?? I'm not SAYING he is a scientist! I was simply saying he is a VERY well-read and knowledgeable individual about environmental issues.

"Gore sat on the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the United States House Committee on Science and Technology, chairing that committee for four years."

"He wrote Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (ISBN 0-452-26935-0, paperback ISBN 1-85383-743-1) is a 1992 book written by Al Gore, published in June 1992, shortly before he was elected Vice President in the 1992 presidential election. Known by the short title Earth in the Balance, the book explains the world's ecological predicament and describes a range of policies to deal with the most pressing problems. It includes a proposed "Global Marshall Plan" to address current ecological issues.

Written while his son was recovering from a serious accident, Earth in the Balance became the first book written by a sitting U.S. Senator to make the New York Times bestseller list since John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage."
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I listened to that book on audio tape during a drive to Florida in 1995 and was amazed that ANY senator knew & understood that much about the issues. (The book was loaned to me by a friend who was a high-ranking official at EPA. He was also amazed at Gore's accuracy & clarity.) At the time, I barely knew who Al Gore was.


Now...once again, Al Gore is not a 'scientist' in the sense that he can DO all the physics and meteorology to conduct the necessary studies, but he has the ability to understand what 'scientists' have done....which is WAY more than most politicians who try to bluster and posture and dismiss 'scientific' studies which they have NOT read & understood!