Last year I showed these two slides so that demonstrate that the arctic ice cap, which for most of the last three million years has been the size of the lower 48 states, has shrunk by 40 percent. But this understates the seriousness of this particular problem because it doesn't show the thickness of the ice. The arctic ice cap is, in a sense, the beating heart of the global climate system. It expands in winter and contracts in summer. The next slide I show you will be a rapid fast-forward of what's happened over the last 25 years. The permanent ice is marked in red. As you see, it expands to the dark blue -- that's the annual ice in winter, and it contracts in summer. The so-called permanent ice, five years old or older, you can see is almost like blood, spilling out of the body here. In 25 years it's gone from this, to this.
Vitin e kaluar une kam treguar keto 2 sllajde te cilat demostrojne kapakun e akullit arktik. e cila per 3 milion vitet qe kane kaluar ka qene e madhe sa 48 e shteteve te ulta eshte zvogluar rreth 40 perqind. Por kjo e nuk e shpreh hapur seriozitetin e ketij problemi te caktuar pasi nuk e paraqet trashesine e akullit kapaku akullor i arktikut, nga nje pikepamje, eshte zemra rrahese e sistemit global klimaterik. Ajo zmadhohet gjate dimrit dhe zvogelohet ne vere Sllajdin e radhes qe te ju tregoj do te jete nje paraqitje e shpejte e cfare ka ndodhur gjat ketyre 25 viteve te fundit. Akulli perjetshem eshte i ngjyrosur me te kuqe. Sic mund ta shihni, eshte duke u zgjeruar ne nje ngjyre blu te mbyllur. Ky eshte akulli vjetor gjate dimrit. I cili tkurret gjate veres Ashtu i quajturi Akull i perjetshem, 5 vite ose me i vjeter ju mund ta shihni qe eshte gati i kuq gjak, qe duket sikur te perhapet nga trupi ketu. Gjate ketyre 25 vjeteve, ka kaluar nga kjo forme, ne kete.
This is a problem because the warming heats up the frozen ground around the Arctic Ocean, where there is a massive amount of frozen carbon which, when it thaws, is turned into methane by microbes. Compared to the total amount of global warming pollution in the atmosphere, that amount could double if we cross this tipping point. Already in some shallow lakes in Alaska, methane is actively bubbling up out of the water. Professor Katey Walter from the University of Alaska went out with another team to another shallow lake last winter. Video: Whoa! (Laughter) Al Gore: She's okay. The question is whether we will be.
Ky eshte problem pasi ngrohja e nxeh token e ngrire rreth oqeanit artik ku ndodhet nje sasi e larte karboni te ngrire e cila, kur ngrohet, shendrrohet ne metan nga mikrobet. Duke e krahasuar me sasine totale te ndotjes se ngrohjes globale ne atmosfer, shuma do te dyfishohet nese ne e kalojme kete cep apo maje. Aktualisht ne disa liqene te ceket ne Alaske metani po del aktivisht ne forme flluskash prej ujit. Profesori Katey Walter nga Universiteti i Alaskes doli me nje ekuipazh tjeter ne nje tjeter liqen te ceket vitin e kaluar. Video: Whoaa ! (Te qeshura) Al Gore: Ajo eshte ne rregull. Pytja eshte nese ne do te jemi.
And one reason is, this enormous heat sink heats up Greenland from the north. This is an annual melting river. But the volumes are much larger than ever. This is the Kangerlussuaq River in southwest Greenland. If you want to know how sea level rises from land-base ice melting this is where it reaches the sea. These flows are increasing very rapidly. At the other end of the planet, Antarctica the largest mass of ice on the planet. Last month scientists reported the entire continent is now in negative ice balance. And west Antarctica cropped up on top some under-sea islands, is particularly rapid in its melting. That's equal to 20 feet of sea level, as is Greenland.
Dhe nje arsye tjeter eshte kjo sasi e madhe e fundosjes se nxehtesise, e cila ngroh Groenlanden nga veriu. Kjo eshte nje lume i cili shkrihet cdo vit. Por volumi eshte me i madh se kurre me pare. Ky eshte lumi Kangerlussuaq ne Jug-Lindje te Groenlandes. Nese keni deshire te dini se si rritet niveli i detit nga toka e akullt e shkrire kjo eshte kur e arrin detin. keto rrjedhje jane duke u rritur me nje shpejtesi te madhe. Ne ane tjeter te planetit, Antarktida e cila eshte masa me e madhe e akullit ne planet. Muajin e kaluar shkenctaret kane raportuar i tere kontinenti gjendet tani ne nje balanc akulli negativ. Dhe Antarktida perendimore e cila eshte zvogeluar ne masen e disa ishujve nen-ujor, dhe e cila eshte duke u shkrire me shpejtesi te madhe. Kjo eshte e barabarte me 20 kembe ne nivelin e detit, ashtu sic eshte Groenlanda.
In the Himalayas, the third largest mass of ice: at the top you see new lakes, which a few years ago were glaciers. 40 percent of all the people in the world get half of their drinking water from that melting flow. In the Andes, this glacier is the source of drinking water for this city. The flows have increased. But when they go away, so does much of the drinking water. In California there has been a 40 percent decline in the Sierra snowpack. This is hitting the reservoirs. And the predictions, as you've read, are serious.
Ne Himalaje, vendi i trete per nga madhesia e akullnajave, ne maje ju mund te shihni disa liqene, te cilat disa vite me pare ishin akullnaja. 40 % e te gjithe popullates ne botes e marrin ujin e pijshem nga keto te shkrirje. ne Andes, kjo akullnaje eshte burimi i ujit te pijshem per kete qytet. Rrjedhjet jane rritur. Por kur ato ikin, po ashtu ikin edhe nje pjese e madhe e ujit te pijshem. Ne Kaliforni ka pasur 40 perqind zbritje ne sasine e akullit ne Sierra. Kjo eshte duke qelluar rezervaret. Ndersa predikimet, sic e keni lexuar, jane serioze.
This drying around the world has lead to a dramatic increase in fires. And the disasters around the world have been increasing at an absolutely extraordinary and unprecedented rate. Four times as many in the last 30 years as in the previous 75. This is a completely unsustainable pattern. If you look at in the context of history you can see what this is doing.
Kjo thatesi nderglobale na ka cuar ne nje rritje dramatike te zjarreve. Dhe katastrofat rreth botes kane filluar te rriten ne nje mase absolutisht te jashtezakonshme dhe me nje shpejtesi te paparashikuar. 4 here me shume sesa ne 30 vitet e fundit krahasuar me ato te kaluarat e 75'. Kjo eshte nje model totalisht i paqendrueshem. Nese shikoni kontekstin e historise, ju mund te shihni se cfare kjo eshte duke bere.
In the last five years we've added 70 million tons of CO2 every 24 hours -- 25 million tons every day to the oceans. Look carefully at the area of the eastern Pacific, from the Americas, extending westward, and on either side of the Indian subcontinent, where there is a radical depletion of oxygen in the oceans. The biggest single cause of global warming, along with deforestation, which is 20 percent of it, is the burning of fossil fuels. Oil is a problem, and coal is the most serious problem. The United States is one of the two largest emitters, along with China. And the proposal has been to build a lot more coal plants.
Ne 5 vitet e fundit ne kemi shtuar 70 milion ton me CO2 cdo 24 ore-- 25 milion ton cdo dite ne oqeane. Shikoni me kujdes hapsiren e Paqesorit lindor, nga Amerika, duke u zgjeruar ne perendim, dhe ne te dyja anet e subkontientit Indian,© ku eshte nje zbrazje radikale te oksigjenit ne oqeane. Arsyeja e vetme dhe me e madhe e ngrohjes globale, krahas shpyllzimit, e cila eshte 20 perqind, eshte nga djegja e fosileve te lengshme. Lendet djegese jane problem, dhe qymyri eshte problemi me serioz qe kemi. Shtetet e Bashkuara jane njeri nga 2 ndotesit me te medhej, bashke me Kinen. Dhe propozimi ka qene qe te ndertojne edhe me shum plantacione qymyri.
But we're beginning to see a sea change. Here are the ones that have been cancelled in the last few years with some green alternatives proposed. (Applause) However there is a political battle in our country. And the coal industries and the oil industries spent a quarter of a billion dollars in the last calendar year promoting clean coal, which is an oxymoron. That image reminded me of something. (Laughter) Around Christmas, in my home in Tennessee, a billion gallons of coal sludge was spilled. You probably saw it on the news. This, all over the country, is the second largest waste stream in America. This happened around Christmas. One of the coal industry's ads around Christmas was this one.
Por, ne kemi filluar te shohim ndryshme ne det. Ketu jane ato qe jane zhdukur gjate viteve te fundit me disa alternativa te gjelberta te propozuara Duartrokitje Gjithsesi, ekziston nje lufte politike ne vendin tone. Po ashtu industrite e qymyrit dhe ato te derivateve te naftes kane harxhuar nje cerek milardi dollaresh ne vitin e kaluar kalendarik duke promovuar qymyrin e paster, i cili eshte nje oksimoron. Ajo pamje me solli nder mend dicka. (Te qeshura) Rreth Krishlindjeve, ne shtepine time ne Tennassee, rreth nje bilion gallon qymyri u derdhen ne forme llumi. Ju ndoshta e keni pare ate ne lajme. Kjo, ne te gjithe vendin, eshte mbeturina e llumit e dyte per nga madhesia ne Amerike. Kjo kishte ndodhur rreth kohes se Krishlindjeve. Nje nga industrite e qymyrit e kishte perdorur nje reklame per kete ceshtje gjat Krishlindjeve.
Video: ♪♫ Frosty the coal man is a jolly, happy soul. He's abundant here in America, and he helps our economy grow. Frosty the coal man is getting cleaner everyday. He's affordable and adorable, and workers keep their pay.
Video: i ftohti (njeriu qymyr) eshte Jolli, zemer gezuar. Ai ndodhet me bollek ketu ne Amerike, dhe ai e ndihmon ekonomine tone qe te rritet. Njeriu i ftohte nga qymyri eshte duke u bere me i paster dita-dites. Ai eshte i perballueshem dhe i adhurueshem, dhe punetoret e mbajne pagen e tyre.
Al Gore: This is the source of much of the coal in West Virginia. The largest mountaintop miner is the head of Massey Coal.
Al Gore: Ky eshte burimi me i madh i qymyrit ne Virgjinian Perendimore. Qymyri Massey eshte maja me e larte e minieres.
Video: Don Blankenship: Let me be clear about it. Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, they don't know what they're talking about.
Video: Don Blankenship: me lini te shpjegoj kete. Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi,Harry Reid, ata nuk e dine se per cfare jane duke folur.
Al Gore: So the Alliance for Climate Protection has launched two campaigns. This is one of them, part of one of them.
Al Gore: Pra Aleance per Mbrojtjen e Klimes ka leshuar dy fushata. Kjo eshte nje prej tyre, eshte pjese e njeres prej tyre.
Video: Actor: At COALergy we view climate change as a very serious threat to our business. That's why we've made it our primary goal to spend a large sum of money on an advertising effort to help bring out and complicate the truth about coal. The fact is, coal isn't dirty. We think it's clean -- smells good, too. So don't worry about climate change. Leave that up to us. (Laughter)
Video: Actori: Tek COALergy ne e shohim ndryshimin klimaterik si nje rrezik mjaft serioz ne bizneset tona. Kjo eshte pse ne e kemi bere kete qellimin tone primar qe te shpenzojme nje shume te madhe te parave ne ceshtjen e rreklamimit per te ndihmuar qe te nxjerrim dhe komplikojme per te verteten rreth qymyrit. Fakti eshte qe qymyri nuk eshte i ndotur. Ne mendojme qe eshte i pastert-- ka nje arome te mire gjithashtu. Pra mos u shqetesoni per ndryshimet e klimes. Lereni ate tek ne. (Te qeshura)
Video: Actor: Clean coal -- you've heard a lot about it. So let's take a tour of this state-of-the-art clean coal facility. Amazing! The machinery is kind of loud. But that's the sound of clean coal technology. And while burning coal is one of the leading causes of global warming, the remarkable clean coal technology you see here changes everything. Take a good long look: this is today's clean coal technology.
Video: Aktori: qymyr i paster, ju keni degjuar mjaft per te. Pra le te bejme nje udhetim tek ky shtet i artit per qymyr te paster. E mahnitshme ! Makineria eshte pakez e zhurmshme. Por kjo eshte tingulli i teknologjise se qymyrit te paster. Dhe ndersa diegja e qymyrit eshte nje nga shkaqet kryezore te nrohjes globale, teknologjija e paster dhe e mrekullueshme qe ju shihni ketu ndryshon cdogje. Hidhini nje shikim te gjathe, pasi kjo eshte teknologjia e qymyrit te paster te diteve te sotme.
Al Gore: Finally, the positive alternative meshes with our economic challenge and our national security challenge.
Al Gore: Me ne fund nje alternativë pozitive e cila takon sfiden tone ekonomike dhe sfiden e sigurise tone kombetare.
Video: Narrator: America is in crisis -- the economy, national security, the climate crisis. The thread that links them all: our addiction to carbon based fuels, like dirty coal and foreign oil. But now there is a bold new solution to get us out of this mess. Repower America with 100 percent clean electricity within 10 years. A plan to put America back to work, make us more secure, and help stop global warming. Finally, a solution that's big enough to solve our problems. Repower America. Find out more.
Video: Narrator: Amerika eshte ne krize, ekonomia, sigurimi kombetar, krizat klimatike. Rreziku qe i lidhe te gjitha, varesia jone nga kaburantet me baze karboni, si qymyri i ndotur dhe naftat e huaja. Bor tani ketu eshte nje zgjidhje e re e cila do te na nxjerr nga kjo rremuje. Rifuqija e Amerikes me 100% rryme te pastert, brenda 10 viteve. Plani per te vendosur Ameriken prape ne pune, na ben ne me te sigurte, dhe na ndihmon qe te ndalojme ngrohjen globale. Me ne fund, nje zgjidhje e cila eshte mjaft e madhe per te zgjidhur problemet tona. Rifuqija Amerikane. Gjeni me shume.
Al Gore: This is the last one.
Al Gore: Kjo eshte e fundit.
Video: Narrator: It's about repowering America. One of the fastest ways to cut our dependence on old dirty fuels that are killing our planet. Man: Future's over here. Wind, sun, a new energy grid. Man #2: New investments to create high-paying jobs. Narrator: Repower America. It's time to get real.
Video: Narrator: eshte ajo per te riforcuar Ameriken. Njera nga rruget me te shpejta per te nderprere varshmerine tone nga vajrat e vjetra dhe te piseta te cilat jene duke e mbytur planetin tone. Man: E ardhmja eshte ketu. Ere, diell, nje energji e re. Man#2: Investime te reja per te pasur pune me paga me te larta. Narrator: Rifuqija Amerikane. Koha eshte te behemi te vertete.
Al Gore: There is an old African proverb that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We need to go far, quickly. Thank you very much. (Applause)
Al Gore: Kjo eshte nje proverbe Afrikane qe thot: "nese doni te shkoni shpejt, shkoni vet. nese doni te shkoni larg, shkoni bashke" Ne duhet te shkojme larg, dhe shpejt Faleminderit shume. Duartrokitje