Whoops! Gore gets caught in another tall tale

This time, his source on the “melting ice caps” cuts his legs out from under him (Times of London via WUWT):

Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.”

However, the climatologist whose work Mr Gore was relying upon dropped the former Vice-President in the water with an icy blast.

“It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at,” Dr Maslowski said. “I would never try to estimate likelihood at anything as exact as this.”

Mr Gore’s office later admitted that the 75 per cent figure was one used by Dr Maslowksi as a “ballpark figure” several years ago in a conversation with Mr Gore.

Again, this will come as a shock to those living outside the United States, but for us Americans, Gore’s issues with the truth come as no surprise.

Cross-posted to RWL