...it ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five-year period.

There's such a wide variation in tax systems around the world, it's difficult to imagine a harmonized CO2 tax that every country agrees to. That's not in the cards in the near term. But the countries that are doing the best job, like Sweden, are already doing both of these. I think that eventually we'll use both of them but we need to get started right away and the cap-and-trade is a proven and effective tool.

I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.

You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

When we respond to threats immediately and take action right away, it's usually the threats that we're hard-wired to respond to, the kinds of things that our ancestors survived.

I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.