Two Decades Since An Inconvenient Truth: A Reevaluation

It’s been 20 years since Al Gore released the climate change documentary *An Inconvenient Truth*, which highlighted dire predictions for the planet. While Gore maintains that he was correct, evidence suggests otherwise.

“None of his predictions came true,” remarked Pat Gray from Blaze TV.

He pointed out that, for instance, the North Pole was supposed to be ice-free by now. “If you look,” he noted, “the polar ice caps are still there.” He also questioned the status of Mount Kilimanjaro’s glaciers, which the film claimed were diminishing rapidly. “They’re still there,” he stated.

The documentary warned that the iconic snow on Kilimanjaro was rapidly disappearing and that the glaciers in Glacier National Park would be gone by now. “In fact,” Gray noted, referring to a sign that once warned visitors to capture photos because the glaciers were disappearing, “that sign was removed in 2020 because, well, it didn’t happen.”

The film claimed rising sea levels would lead to catastrophic flooding, especially affecting New York’s West Side Highway. Gray pointed out that the highway remains intact. “Sea levels haven’t risen by 20 feet. In reality, global sea levels have increased by about nine inches since 1880,” he explained.

He further elaborated that instead of the predicted rapid urban subsidence and floods, some areas are seeing a gradual retreat, which is quite the opposite of Gore’s predictions.

Moreover, Gore asserted that excessive carbon dioxide emissions would quickly elevate atmospheric carbon levels beyond 500 parts per million, resulting in increased hurricane activity. Yet, neither scenario occurred.

Gray summarized, “He was alarmist about everything. He won an Oscar for the film and a Nobel Prize in 2007, but he essentially got it all wrong.” That’s a strong statement, emphasizing an unequivocal failure.