I'm not sure that Carbon Freeze is quite as clear as Nuclear Freeze in conveying its intentions, but it beats the pants off any other Global Warming slogan I've heard, and Gore's premise that such a freeze constitute a rallying point and springboard seems to me sound.  I'd proudly place a Carbon Freeze Now! sticker on my bumper, not to mention my bicycle helmet and composting bin.  Come to think of it, it would look pretty good on my neighbor's Escalade as well.  

  A freeze is not enough!  We need to reduce.

  But it is a pretty slogan.

  Will people get confused and think it is enough?

  That's my fear.

patrick

Gore might make a good president, but at this point he is more effective leading the global effort against climate change. U.S. presidential politics being what they are, there is too much of a possibility that he would have to compromise on this issue, and frankly, we don't have that kind of time. He is better outside the fray -- ask Colin Powell -- speaking and leading the effort that will, eventually prevail.

Not so long ago, I called Al Gore a Moonbat. I was reacting to criticism of the shaky science of his film. But considering my own peculiar standpoint - a long belief in human activities despoiling the Earth,not only the spectre of AGW - I had to wonder if it was not I who was the moonbat. By becoming too concerned about the myth of the 'hockeystick' was I not throwing out the baby along with the bathwater.
Were it not for my conviction that Nature is a better indicator of warming than a million climate models, I might still be  of that tribe.
But I have been too long in the very camp that hails Gore's vision as something to go for that I cannot do otherwise than applaud his speech.
If the science is dubious, so what - I'm a pragmatist and will ride his wave.
Were he to eventually stand for President and win,
I am sure the world would heave a sigh of relief.