Fri Sep 29 2006 09:04:05 ET

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a "significant contributor to global warming!"

Gore, who was introduced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the world faces a "full-scale climate emergency that threatens the future of civilization on earth."

Gore showed computer-generated projections of ocean water rushing in to submerge the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, parts of China, India and other nations, should ice shelves in Antarctica or Greenland melt and slip into the sea.

"The planet itself will do nicely, thank you very much what is at risk is human civilization," Gore said. After a series of Q& A with the audience, which had little to do with global warming and more about his political future, Annan bid "adios" to Gore.

Then, Gore had his staff opened a stack of cardboard boxes to begin selling his new book, "An Inconvenient Truth, The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It," $19.95, to the U.N. diplomats.

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If cigarette smoke contributes significantly to global warming then imagine what farting must do. That's almost as bad as saying that wildlife is the major polluter of waterways around here.

Ok so global warming will flood San Fran, New York, China and India, and the bad news is????

When I first heard of the flooding I thought it was due to all the fat people in the world causing the land to sink. Damn useless public school education.

Pot smoking must contribute also, so Al Gore needs to kill his own son if he wants to save the world.

Lasuena, you are joking I know, but did you know cows are actually accused of just that? Contributing to global warming due to gas discharge.

cut the man a break, he did invent our our series of tubes. it's not a dumptruck!


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Is the Earth safe yet?

Bullshit, then volcanoes should be banned and deep ocean vents and camp fires and matches. Cigarette smoke in no way is "significant".

Congress and VA liberals are already so far into my smoking money they cost $60/carton (a carton is just a few ounces of moist cigarette leaves), making tobacco the highest cost legal leaf sold today

Gore do you want a deeper peice of my smoking money while healthcare offers no other solution to my need and also foreign doctors the score teeth and try to set up victims to pay for heathcare they are implying is "government care" ?

Say it to my face mother fuckeer!