TED2009
Al Gore: What comes after An Inconvenient Truth?
Babala ni Al Gore sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ng klima
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Noong TED2009, inilahad ni Al Gore ang kanyang mga nakalap na datos tungkol sa lumalalang kalagayan ng klima, higit pa sa inaasahan ng mga siyentipiko, at iginiit ang pagtutol sa "clean coal".
Al Gore - Climate advocate
Nobel Laureate Al Gore focused the world’s attention on the global climate crisis. Now he’s showing us how we’re moving towards real solutions. Full bio
Nobel Laureate Al Gore focused the world’s attention on the global climate crisis. Now he’s showing us how we’re moving towards real solutions. Full bio
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Last year I showed these two slides so that
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Noong nakaraang taon, ipinakita ko ang dalawang slides na ito upang
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demonstrate that the arctic ice cap,
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patunayan na ang arctic ice cap,
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which for most of the last three million years
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na sa nakalipas na tatlong milyong taon
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has been the size of the lower 48 states,
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ay kasinlaki ng 48 states ng Estados Unidos,
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has shrunk by 40 percent.
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ay umurong ng 40 porsyento.
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But this understates the seriousness of this particular problem
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Ngunit higit na malubha pa dito ang problema
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because it doesn't show the thickness of the ice.
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dahil hindi nito naipapakita ang kapal ng yelo.
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The arctic ice cap is, in a sense,
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Ang arctic ice cap, kung ikukumpara,
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the beating heart of the global climate system.
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ay ang pusong nagpapatibok ng pandaigdigang klima.
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It expands in winter and contracts in summer.
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Ito ay lumalawak sa taglamig at umuurong sa tag-init.
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The next slide I show you will be
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Ipapakita ng susunod na slide
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a rapid fast-forward of what's happened over the last 25 years.
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ang fast forward ng mga pangyayari sa nakalipas na 25 taon.
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The permanent ice is marked in red.
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Dito, kulay pula ang palagiang yelo (permanent ice).
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As you see, it expands to the dark blue --
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Kulay asul naman ang kabuuang lawak ng yelo.
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that's the annual ice in winter,
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Iyan ang taunang yelo tuwing taglamig.
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and it contracts in summer.
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Umuurong ito tuwing tag-init.
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The so-called permanent ice, five years old or older,
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Ang permanent ice, na limang taon na o higit pa,
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you can see is almost like blood,
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ay maikukumpara sa dugo,
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spilling out of the body here.
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na tumatagas mula sa katawan.
01:02
In 25 years it's gone from this, to this.
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Sa loob ng 25 taon, mula sa ganito, ay naging ganito na.
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This is a problem because the warming
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Ito ay isang suliranin sapagkat
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heats up the frozen ground around the Arctic Ocean,
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tinutunaw ng pag-init ang nagyeyelong lupain sa paligid ng Karagatang Arctic
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where there is a massive amount of frozen carbon
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kung saan may maraming frozen carbon
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which, when it thaws, is turned into methane by microbes.
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na kung matutunaw ay magiging methane gawa ng mga mikrobyo.
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Compared to the total amount of global warming pollution in the atmosphere,
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Kung idadagdag sa kabuuang polusyon sa atmosphere dulot ng global warming,
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that amount could double if we cross this tipping point.
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dodoble ang polusyon kapag nangyari ito.
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Already in some shallow lakes in Alaska,
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Ngayon pa lang, sa mga mabababaw na lawa ng Alaska
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methane is actively bubbling up out of the water.
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nabubuo na ang methane dito.
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Professor Katey Walter from the University of Alaska
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Pumunta si Propesor Katey Walter mula sa Pamantasan ng Alaska
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went out with another team to another shallow lake last winter.
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kasama ang isang grupo sa isang mababaw na lawa noong nakaraang taglamig.
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Video: Whoa! (Laughter)
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Video: Whoa! (Tawanan)
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Al Gore: She's okay. The question is whether we will be.
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Al Gore: Ayos lang naman siya. Ang tanong ay kung tayo rin ba.
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And one reason is, this enormous heat sink
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At isang dahilan ay itong malaking heat sink
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heats up Greenland from the north.
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na pinapa-init ang Greenland mula sa hilaga.
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This is an annual melting river.
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Ito ang taunang ilog mula sa natutunaw na glaciers.
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But the volumes are much larger than ever.
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Ngunit ang bulto nito ay mas malaki na kaysa dati.
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This is the Kangerlussuaq River in southwest Greenland.
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Ito ang Ilog Kangerlussuaq sa timog-kanlurang Greenland.
02:07
If you want to know how sea level rises
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Umaangat ang pantay laot (sea level)
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from land-base ice melting
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mula sa natunaw na yelo sa lupa
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this is where it reaches the sea.
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at umaabot ito hanggang dagat.
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These flows are increasing very rapidly.
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Lalong lumalakas ang pag-agos nito.
02:15
At the other end of the planet, Antarctica
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Sa kabilang dako ng daigdig, ang Antartica
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the largest mass of ice on the planet.
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ang pinakamalaking tipak ng yelo sa ating planeta.
02:19
Last month scientists reported the entire continent
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Noong nakaraang buwan, iniulat ng mga siyentipiko na ang buong kontinente
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is now in negative ice balance.
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ay nasa "negative ice balance" na.
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And west Antarctica cropped up on top some under-sea islands,
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Sa kanlurang Antartica, nakalutang na ang ilang isla na dati'y nakalubog,
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is particularly rapid in its melting.
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at mabilis itong natutunaw.
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That's equal to 20 feet of sea level, as is Greenland.
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Katumbas nito ang 20 talampakan ng pantay laot, tulad ng Greenland.
02:34
In the Himalayas, the third largest mass of ice:
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Sa Himalayas, ang ikatlong pinakamalaking tipak ng yelo,
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at the top you see new lakes, which a few years ago were glaciers.
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makikita sa tuktok nito ang mga bagong lawa, na noo'y glaciers pa.
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40 percent of all the people in the world
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40 porsyento ng mga tao sa mundo
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get half of their drinking water from that melting flow.
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ay umaasa sa natutunaw na yelo bilang tubig pang-inom.
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In the Andes, this glacier is the
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Sa Andes, ang glacier na ito ang
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source of drinking water for this city.
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pinagkukunan ng inuming tubig ng lungsod na ito.
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The flows have increased.
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Lumalakas ang pag-agos nito.
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But when they go away, so does much of the drinking water.
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Ngunit kung ito'y mawawala, ganoon din ang inuming tubig.
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In California there has been a 40 percent
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Sa California, 40 porsyento ang
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decline in the Sierra snowpack.
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pagbaba ng snowpack sa Sierra.
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This is hitting the reservoirs.
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Ito ay dagok sa mga imbakan ng tubig (reservoir).
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And the predictions, as you've read, are serious.
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At ang mga nababasa natin tungkol sa hinaharap ay nakakabahala.
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This drying around the world has lead to
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Dulot ng pagkatuyo ng mundo ay
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a dramatic increase in fires.
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ang dumaraming insidente ng sunog.
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And the disasters around the world
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At ang bilang ng mga sakuna sa buong mundo
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have been increasing at an absolutely extraordinary
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ay patuloy na tumataas, sa nakakaalarma
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and unprecedented rate.
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at di-inaasahang antas.
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Four times as many in the last 30 years
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Makaapat na beses ang dami sa nakalipas na 30 taon
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as in the previous 75.
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kumpara sa nakaraang 75 taon.
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This is a completely unsustainable pattern.
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Maaaring hindi na natin kayanin kapag nagpatuloy pa ito.
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If you look at in the context of history
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Kung pagbabatayan ang kasaysayan
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you can see what this is doing.
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makikita natin kung ano ang nagagawa nito.
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In the last five years
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Sa nakaraan limang taon
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we've added 70 million tons of CO2
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naidagdag natin ang 70 milyong tonelada ng CO2
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every 24 hours --
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bawat 24 oras --
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25 million tons every day to the oceans.
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25 milyong tonelada araw-araw sa mga karagatan.
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Look carefully at the area of the eastern Pacific,
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Tingnan nang mabuti ang bandang silangang Pasipiko,
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from the Americas, extending westward,
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mula sa Amerika, papuntang kanluran,
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and on either side of the Indian subcontinent,
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at sa paligid ng Indian subcontinent,
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where there is a radical depletion of oxygen in the oceans.
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kung saan higit na nauubos ang oxygen sa karagatan.
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The biggest single cause of global warming,
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Ang pinakamalaking sanhi ng global warming,
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along with deforestation, which is 20 percent of it, is the burning of fossil fuels.
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kasabay ng pagtotroso na katumbas ay 20 porsyento, ay ang pagsusunog ng mga fossil fuel.
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Oil is a problem, and coal is the most serious problem.
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Ang langis ay problema, ngunit ang uling ang pinakamalubha.
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The United States is one of the two
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Isa ang Estados Unidos sa
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largest emitters, along with China.
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sa pinakamalakas gumamit nito, kasama ang Tsina.
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And the proposal has been to build a lot more coal plants.
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At ang mungkahi ay dagdagan pa ang mga planta ng uling.
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But we're beginning to see a sea change.
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Mabuti't nagsisimula na ang pagbabago.
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Here are the ones that have been cancelled in the last few years
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Ito ang mga nakansela noong mga nakaraang taon
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with some green alternatives proposed.
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at ang mga mungkahing alternatibo na makakalikasan.
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(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
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However there is a political battle
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Ngunit may isyung politikal
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in our country.
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sa ating bansa.
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And the coal industries and the oil industries
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Gumugol ang mga industriya ng uling at langis
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spent a quarter of a billion dollars in the last calendar year
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ng isang-kapat na bilyong dolyar noong nakaraang taon
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promoting clean coal,
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upang isulong ang malinis na uling (clean coal).
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which is an oxymoron.
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na isang "oxymoron".
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That image reminded me of something.
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Ito ang naaalala ko.
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(Laughter)
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(Tawanan)
04:33
Around Christmas, in my home in Tennessee,
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Noong isang Pasko, sa bayan ko sa Tennessee,
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a billion gallons of coal sludge was spilled.
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natapon ang isang bilyong galon ng coal sludge.
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You probably saw it on the news.
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Marahil nakita niyo na ito sa balita.
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This, all over the country, is the second largest waste stream in America.
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Ito ang pangalawa sa pinakamalaking waste stream sa Amerika.
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This happened around Christmas.
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Nangyari ito noong isang Pasko.
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One of the coal industry's ads around Christmas was this one.
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Isa sa mga patalastas ng industriya ng uling noong Pasko ay ito.
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Video: ♪♫ Frosty the coal man is a jolly, happy soul.
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Video: ♪♫ Frosty the coal man is a jolly, happy soul.
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He's abundant here in America,
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Ito'y laganap sa Amerika,
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and he helps our economy grow.
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nang lumago lalo ang ekonomiya.
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Frosty the coal man is getting cleaner everyday.
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"Frosty the coal man" ay mas lumilinis bawat araw.
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He's affordable and adorable, and workers keep their pay.
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Abot-kaya at nakakatuwa, bigay ay sahod sa manggagawa.
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Al Gore: This is the source of much of the coal in West Virginia.
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Al Gore: Ito ang pinagmumulan ng halos lahat ng uling sa West Virginia.
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The largest mountaintop miner is the head of Massey Coal.
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Ang pinakamalaking minero ay ang lider ng Massey Coal.
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Video: Don Blankenship: Let me be clear about it. Al Gore,
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Video: Don Blankenship: Lilinawin ko lang. Al Gore,
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Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, they don't know what they're talking about.
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Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, hindi nila alam ang sinasabi nila.
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Al Gore: So the Alliance for Climate Protection
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Al Gore: Kaya ang Alliance for Climate Protection
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has launched two campaigns.
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ay naglunsad ng dalawang kampanya.
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This is one of them, part of one of them.
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Isa ito sa mga iyon, ang unang bahagi.
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Video: Actor: At COALergy we view climate change as a very serious
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Video: Aktor: Sa COALergy tingin namin ang climate change bilang isang seryosong
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threat to our business.
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banta sa aming negosyo.
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That's why we've made it our primary goal
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Kung kaya'y ito ang aming pangunahing layunin
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to spend a large sum of money
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na gumastos ng maraming pera
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on an advertising effort to help bring out and complicate
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sa mga talastas na nagpapaliwanag
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the truth about coal.
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ng katotohanan sa uling.
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The fact is, coal isn't dirty.
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Sa katunayan, hindi marumi ang uling.
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We think it's clean --
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Sa tingin namin ito'y malinis --
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smells good, too.
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mabango pa.
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So don't worry about climate change.
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Kaya 'wag mag-alala sa climate change.
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Leave that up to us.
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Ipaubaya na ninyo sa amin.
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(Laughter)
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(Tawanan)
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Video: Actor: Clean coal -- you've heard a lot about it.
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Video: Aktor: Malinis na uling, narinig niyo na ang tungkol dito.
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So let's take a tour of this state-of-the-art clean coal facility.
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Kaya tayo'y mamasyal sa state-of-the-art clean coal facility na ito.
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Amazing! The machinery is kind of loud.
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Ang galing! Medyo maingay ang makina.
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But that's the sound of clean coal technology.
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Pero yan ang tunog ng "clean coal technology."
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And while burning coal is one of the leading causes of global warming,
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At habang ang pagsusunog ng uling ay isang pangunahing dahilan ng global warming,
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the remarkable clean coal technology you see here
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ang pambihirang "clean coal technology" na nakikita niyo dito
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changes everything.
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ang babago sa lahat.
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Take a good long look: this is today's clean coal technology.
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Tingnan nang mabuti, ito ang "clean coal technology" sa ngayon.
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Al Gore: Finally, the positive alternative
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Al Gore: Sa wakas, ang magandang alternatibo
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meshes with our economic challenge
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ay sumasang-ayon na sa mga hamon ng ekonomiya
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and our national security challenge.
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at pambansang seguridad.
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Video: Narrator: America is in crisis -- the economy,
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Video: Tagapagsalaysay: May krisis ang Amerika, sa ekonomiya,
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national security, the climate crisis.
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pambansang seguridad, krisis sa klima.
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The thread that links them all:
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Ang nag-uugnay sa lahat ng ito,
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our addiction to carbon based fuels,
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ang ating pagkahumaling sa mga carbon-based fuel,
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like dirty coal and foreign oil.
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tulad ng maruming uling at inaangkat na langis.
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But now there is a bold new solution to get us out of this mess.
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Ngunit ngayon, may bago at mapangangahas na sagot sa gulong ito.
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Repower America with 100 percent clean electricity
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"Repower America" gamit ang 100% na malinis na elektrisidad,
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within 10 years.
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sa loob ng 10 taon.
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A plan to put America back to work,
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Isang hakbang upang mapakilos muli ang Amerika,
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make us more secure, and help stop global warming.
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sa ating ikakapanatag, at tutulong sa pagpigil ng global warming.
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Finally, a solution that's big enough to solve our problems.
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Sa wakas, isang solusyong lulutas sa ating mga problema.
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Repower America. Find out more.
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"Repower America". Tuklasin.
06:54
Al Gore: This is the last one.
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Al Gore: Ito ang pinakahuli.
07:03
Video: Narrator: It's about repowering America.
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Video: Tagapagsalaysay: Ito'y tungkol sa pagpapasiglang muli sa Amerika.
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One of the fastest ways to cut our dependence
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Mabilis na paraan upang hindi na tayo umasa
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on old dirty fuels that are killing our planet.
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sa makaluma't maruruming fuel na pumapatay sa ating daigdig.
07:12
Man: Future's over here. Wind, sun, a new energy grid.
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Lalaki: Heto ang kinabukasan. Hangin, araw, isang bagong energy grid.
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Man #2: New investments to create high-paying jobs.
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Lalaki #2: Mga bagong puhunan na lilikha ng mga trabahong may mataas ang sahod.
07:22
Narrator: Repower America. It's time to get real.
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Tagapagsalaysay: "Repower America". Magpakatotoo na.
07:26
Al Gore: There is an old African proverb that says,
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Al Gore: May salawikaing Aprikano na nagsasabing,
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"If you want to go quickly, go alone.
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"Kung nais mong mapabilis, mag-isa kang umalis.
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If you want to go far, go together."
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Kung nais mo'y malayo ang marating, magsama-sama kayo."
07:34
We need to go far, quickly.
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Nawa'y malayo ang ating marating, sa lalong madaling panahon.
07:36
Thank you very much.
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Maraming salamat po.
07:38
(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Al Gore - Climate advocateNobel Laureate Al Gore focused the world’s attention on the global climate crisis. Now he’s showing us how we’re moving towards real solutions.
Why you should listen
Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. While he’s is a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.’s board of directors, Gore spends the majority of his time as chair of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis.
He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, and most recently, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. He is the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth and is the co-recipient, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.”
Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years.
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