{"id":16654,"date":"2016-04-22T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=16654"},"modified":"2016-04-22T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:55:50","slug":"the-case-for-optimism-on-climate-change-al-gore-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/16654\/the-case-for-optimism-on-climate-change-al-gore-ted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case For Optimism On Climate Change \u2013 Al Gore &#8211; TED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed-ssl.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change.html\" width=\"425\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cAl Gore has three questions about climate change and our future. First: Do we have to change? Each day, global-warming pollution traps as much heat energy as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs. This trapped heat is leading to stronger storms and more extreme floods, he says: \u2018Every night on the TV news now is like a nature hike through the Book of Revelation.\u2019 Second question: Can we change? We&#8217;ve already started. So then, the big question: Will we change? In this challenging, inspiring talk, Gore says yes. \u2018When any great moral challenge is ultimately resolved into a binary choice between what is right and what is wrong, the outcome is foreordained because of who we are as human beings,\u2019 he says. \u2018That is why we&#8217;re going to win this.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climaterealityproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Support the Climate Reality Project here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/earth-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Support Earth Day here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAl Gore has three questions about climate change and our future. First: Do we have to change? Each day, global-warming pollution traps as much heat energy as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs. 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