TED2009
Al Gore: What comes after An Inconvenient Truth?
Paralajmerimet e Al Gore ne trendet me te reja klimatike
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Pergjate TED2009, Al Gore prezantoje nje versioni te rifreskuar te slideve te tij rreth e rrotull globit ne menyre te tille qe tregonte se tedencat klimaterike jane ne nje gjendje me te keqe nga sa shkencetaret kishin parashikuar, si dhe per te bere te qarte qendrimin e tij mbi 'qymyrgurin e paster'
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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Vitin e kaluar une kam treguar keto 2 sllajde te cilat
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demonstrate that the arctic ice cap,
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demostrojne kapakun e akullit arktik.
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which for most of the last three million years
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e cila per 3 milion vitet qe kane kaluar
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has been the size of the lower 48 states,
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ka qene e madhe sa 48 e shteteve te ulta
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has shrunk by 40 percent.
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eshte zvogluar rreth 40 perqind.
00:23
But this understates the seriousness of this particular problem
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Por kjo e nuk e shpreh hapur seriozitetin e ketij problemi te caktuar
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because it doesn't show the thickness of the ice.
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pasi nuk e paraqet trashesine e akullit
00:29
The arctic ice cap is, in a sense,
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kapaku akullor i arktikut, nga nje pikepamje,
00:31
the beating heart of the global climate system.
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eshte zemra rrahese e sistemit global klimaterik.
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It expands in winter and contracts in summer.
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Ajo zmadhohet gjate dimrit dhe zvogelohet ne vere
00:37
The next slide I show you will be
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Sllajdin e radhes qe te ju tregoj do te jete
00:40
a rapid fast-forward of what's happened over the last 25 years.
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nje paraqitje e shpejte e cfare ka ndodhur gjat ketyre 25 viteve te fundit.
00:44
The permanent ice is marked in red.
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Akulli perjetshem eshte i ngjyrosur me te kuqe.
00:46
As you see, it expands to the dark blue --
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Sic mund ta shihni, eshte duke u zgjeruar ne nje ngjyre blu te mbyllur.
00:49
that's the annual ice in winter,
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Ky eshte akulli vjetor gjate dimrit.
00:51
and it contracts in summer.
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I cili tkurret gjate veres
00:53
The so-called permanent ice, five years old or older,
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Ashtu i quajturi Akull i perjetshem, 5 vite ose me i vjeter
00:55
you can see is almost like blood,
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ju mund ta shihni qe eshte gati i kuq gjak,
00:58
spilling out of the body here.
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qe duket sikur te perhapet nga trupi ketu.
01:02
In 25 years it's gone from this, to this.
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Gjate ketyre 25 vjeteve, ka kaluar nga kjo forme, ne kete.
01:06
This is a problem because the warming
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Ky eshte problem pasi ngrohja
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heats up the frozen ground around the Arctic Ocean,
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e nxeh token e ngrire rreth oqeanit artik
01:12
where there is a massive amount of frozen carbon
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ku ndodhet nje sasi e larte karboni te ngrire
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which, when it thaws, is turned into methane by microbes.
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e cila, kur ngrohet, shendrrohet ne metan nga mikrobet.
01:18
Compared to the total amount of global warming pollution in the atmosphere,
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Duke e krahasuar me sasine totale te ndotjes se ngrohjes globale ne atmosfer,
01:22
that amount could double if we cross this tipping point.
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shuma do te dyfishohet nese ne e kalojme kete cep apo maje.
01:26
Already in some shallow lakes in Alaska,
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Aktualisht ne disa liqene te ceket ne Alaske
01:29
methane is actively bubbling up out of the water.
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metani po del aktivisht ne forme flluskash prej ujit.
01:31
Professor Katey Walter from the University of Alaska
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Profesori Katey Walter nga Universiteti i Alaskes
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went out with another team to another shallow lake last winter.
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doli me nje ekuipazh tjeter ne nje tjeter liqen te ceket vitin e kaluar.
01:48
Video: Whoa! (Laughter)
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Video: Whoaa ! (Te qeshura)
01:50
Al Gore: She's okay. The question is whether we will be.
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Al Gore: Ajo eshte ne rregull. Pytja eshte nese ne do te jemi.
01:53
And one reason is, this enormous heat sink
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Dhe nje arsye tjeter eshte kjo sasi e madhe e fundosjes se nxehtesise,
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heats up Greenland from the north.
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e cila ngroh Groenlanden nga veriu.
01:58
This is an annual melting river.
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Kjo eshte nje lume i cili shkrihet cdo vit.
02:01
But the volumes are much larger than ever.
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Por volumi eshte me i madh se kurre me pare.
02:04
This is the Kangerlussuaq River in southwest Greenland.
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Ky eshte lumi Kangerlussuaq ne Jug-Lindje te Groenlandes.
02:07
If you want to know how sea level rises
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Nese keni deshire te dini se si rritet niveli i detit
02:09
from land-base ice melting
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nga toka e akullt e shkrire
02:11
this is where it reaches the sea.
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kjo eshte kur e arrin detin.
02:13
These flows are increasing very rapidly.
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keto rrjedhje jane duke u rritur me nje shpejtesi te madhe.
02:15
At the other end of the planet, Antarctica
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Ne ane tjeter te planetit, Antarktida
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the largest mass of ice on the planet.
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e cila eshte masa me e madhe e akullit ne planet.
02:19
Last month scientists reported the entire continent
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Muajin e kaluar shkenctaret kane raportuar i tere kontinenti
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is now in negative ice balance.
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gjendet tani ne nje balanc akulli negativ.
02:23
And west Antarctica cropped up on top some under-sea islands,
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Dhe Antarktida perendimore e cila eshte zvogeluar ne masen e disa ishujve nen-ujor,
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is particularly rapid in its melting.
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dhe e cila eshte duke u shkrire me shpejtesi te madhe.
02:30
That's equal to 20 feet of sea level, as is Greenland.
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Kjo eshte e barabarte me 20 kembe ne nivelin e detit, ashtu sic eshte Groenlanda.
02:34
In the Himalayas, the third largest mass of ice:
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Ne Himalaje, vendi i trete per nga madhesia e akullnajave,
02:36
at the top you see new lakes, which a few years ago were glaciers.
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ne maje ju mund te shihni disa liqene, te cilat disa vite me pare ishin akullnaja.
02:40
40 percent of all the people in the world
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40 % e te gjithe popullates ne botes
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get half of their drinking water from that melting flow.
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e marrin ujin e pijshem nga keto te shkrirje.
02:44
In the Andes, this glacier is the
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ne Andes, kjo akullnaje eshte
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source of drinking water for this city.
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burimi i ujit te pijshem per kete qytet.
02:48
The flows have increased.
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Rrjedhjet jane rritur.
02:50
But when they go away, so does much of the drinking water.
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Por kur ato ikin, po ashtu ikin edhe nje pjese e madhe e ujit te pijshem.
02:53
In California there has been a 40 percent
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Ne Kaliforni ka pasur 40 perqind
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decline in the Sierra snowpack.
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zbritje ne sasine e akullit ne Sierra.
02:57
This is hitting the reservoirs.
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Kjo eshte duke qelluar rezervaret.
02:59
And the predictions, as you've read, are serious.
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Ndersa predikimet, sic e keni lexuar, jane serioze.
03:02
This drying around the world has lead to
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Kjo thatesi nderglobale na ka cuar ne
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a dramatic increase in fires.
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nje rritje dramatike te zjarreve.
03:06
And the disasters around the world
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Dhe katastrofat rreth botes
03:09
have been increasing at an absolutely extraordinary
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kane filluar te rriten ne nje mase absolutisht te jashtezakonshme
03:11
and unprecedented rate.
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dhe me nje shpejtesi te paparashikuar.
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Four times as many in the last 30 years
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4 here me shume sesa ne 30 vitet e fundit
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as in the previous 75.
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krahasuar me ato te kaluarat e 75'.
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This is a completely unsustainable pattern.
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Kjo eshte nje model totalisht i paqendrueshem.
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If you look at in the context of history
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Nese shikoni kontekstin e historise,
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you can see what this is doing.
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ju mund te shihni se cfare kjo eshte duke bere.
03:29
In the last five years
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Ne 5 vitet e fundit
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we've added 70 million tons of CO2
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ne kemi shtuar 70 milion ton me CO2
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every 24 hours --
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cdo 24 ore--
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25 million tons every day to the oceans.
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25 milion ton cdo dite ne oqeane.
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Look carefully at the area of the eastern Pacific,
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Shikoni me kujdes hapsiren e Paqesorit lindor,
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from the Americas, extending westward,
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nga Amerika, duke u zgjeruar ne perendim,
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and on either side of the Indian subcontinent,
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dhe ne te dyja anet e subkontientit Indian,©
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where there is a radical depletion of oxygen in the oceans.
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ku eshte nje zbrazje radikale te oksigjenit ne oqeane.
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The biggest single cause of global warming,
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Arsyeja e vetme dhe me e madhe e ngrohjes globale,
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along with deforestation, which is 20 percent of it, is the burning of fossil fuels.
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krahas shpyllzimit, e cila eshte 20 perqind, eshte nga djegja e fosileve te lengshme.
03:55
Oil is a problem, and coal is the most serious problem.
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Lendet djegese jane problem, dhe qymyri eshte problemi me serioz qe kemi.
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The United States is one of the two
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Shtetet e Bashkuara jane njeri nga 2
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largest emitters, along with China.
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ndotesit me te medhej, bashke me Kinen.
04:02
And the proposal has been to build a lot more coal plants.
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Dhe propozimi ka qene qe te ndertojne edhe me shum plantacione qymyri.
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But we're beginning to see a sea change.
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Por, ne kemi filluar te shohim ndryshme ne det.
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Here are the ones that have been cancelled in the last few years
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Ketu jane ato qe jane zhdukur gjate viteve te fundit
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with some green alternatives proposed.
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me disa alternativa te gjelberta te propozuara
04:13
(Applause)
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Duartrokitje
04:14
However there is a political battle
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Gjithsesi, ekziston nje lufte politike
04:17
in our country.
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ne vendin tone.
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And the coal industries and the oil industries
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Po ashtu industrite e qymyrit dhe ato te derivateve te naftes
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spent a quarter of a billion dollars in the last calendar year
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kane harxhuar nje cerek milardi dollaresh ne vitin e kaluar kalendarik
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promoting clean coal,
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duke promovuar qymyrin e paster,
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which is an oxymoron.
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i cili eshte nje oksimoron.
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That image reminded me of something.
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Ajo pamje me solli nder mend dicka.
04:30
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
04:33
Around Christmas, in my home in Tennessee,
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Rreth Krishlindjeve, ne shtepine time ne Tennassee,
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a billion gallons of coal sludge was spilled.
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rreth nje bilion gallon qymyri u derdhen ne forme llumi.
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You probably saw it on the news.
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Ju ndoshta e keni pare ate ne lajme.
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This, all over the country, is the second largest waste stream in America.
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Kjo, ne te gjithe vendin, eshte mbeturina e llumit e dyte per nga madhesia ne Amerike.
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This happened around Christmas.
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Kjo kishte ndodhur rreth kohes se Krishlindjeve.
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One of the coal industry's ads around Christmas was this one.
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Nje nga industrite e qymyrit e kishte perdorur nje reklame per kete ceshtje gjat Krishlindjeve.
04:49
Video: ♪♫ Frosty the coal man is a jolly, happy soul.
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Video: i ftohti (njeriu qymyr) eshte Jolli, zemer gezuar.
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He's abundant here in America,
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Ai ndodhet me bollek ketu ne Amerike,
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and he helps our economy grow.
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dhe ai e ndihmon ekonomine tone qe te rritet.
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Frosty the coal man is getting cleaner everyday.
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Njeriu i ftohte nga qymyri eshte duke u bere me i paster dita-dites.
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He's affordable and adorable, and workers keep their pay.
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Ai eshte i perballueshem dhe i adhurueshem, dhe punetoret e mbajne pagen e tyre.
05:04
Al Gore: This is the source of much of the coal in West Virginia.
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Al Gore: Ky eshte burimi me i madh i qymyrit ne Virgjinian Perendimore.
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The largest mountaintop miner is the head of Massey Coal.
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Qymyri Massey eshte maja me e larte e minieres.
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Video: Don Blankenship: Let me be clear about it. Al Gore,
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Video: Don Blankenship: me lini te shpjegoj kete. 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, ata nuk e dine se per cfare jane duke folur.
05:19
Al Gore: So the Alliance for Climate Protection
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Al Gore: Pra Aleance per Mbrojtjen e Klimes
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has launched two campaigns.
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ka leshuar dy fushata.
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This is one of them, part of one of them.
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Kjo eshte nje prej tyre, eshte pjese e njeres prej tyre.
05:26
Video: Actor: At COALergy we view climate change as a very serious
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Video: Actori: Tek COALergy ne e shohim ndryshimin klimaterik si nje
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threat to our business.
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rrezik mjaft serioz ne bizneset tona.
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That's why we've made it our primary goal
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Kjo eshte pse ne e kemi bere kete qellimin tone primar
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to spend a large sum of money
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qe te shpenzojme nje shume te madhe te parave
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on an advertising effort to help bring out and complicate
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ne ceshtjen e rreklamimit per te ndihmuar qe te nxjerrim dhe komplikojme
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the truth about coal.
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per te verteten rreth qymyrit.
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The fact is, coal isn't dirty.
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Fakti eshte qe qymyri nuk eshte i ndotur.
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We think it's clean --
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Ne mendojme qe eshte i pastert--
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smells good, too.
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ka nje arome te mire gjithashtu.
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So don't worry about climate change.
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Pra mos u shqetesoni per ndryshimet e klimes.
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Leave that up to us.
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Lereni ate tek ne.
05:50
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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Video: Actor: Clean coal -- you've heard a lot about it.
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Video: Aktori: qymyr i paster, ju keni degjuar mjaft per te.
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So let's take a tour of this state-of-the-art clean coal facility.
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Pra le te bejme nje udhetim tek ky shtet i artit per qymyr te paster.
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Amazing! The machinery is kind of loud.
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E mahnitshme ! Makineria eshte pakez e zhurmshme.
06:02
But that's the sound of clean coal technology.
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Por kjo eshte tingulli i teknologjise se qymyrit te paster.
06:06
And while burning coal is one of the leading causes of global warming,
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Dhe ndersa diegja e qymyrit eshte nje nga shkaqet kryezore te nrohjes globale,
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the remarkable clean coal technology you see here
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teknologjija e paster dhe e mrekullueshme qe ju shihni ketu
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changes everything.
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ndryshon cdogje.
06:14
Take a good long look: this is today's clean coal technology.
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Hidhini nje shikim te gjathe, pasi kjo eshte teknologjia e qymyrit te paster te diteve te sotme.
06:19
Al Gore: Finally, the positive alternative
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Al Gore: Me ne fund nje alternativë pozitive
06:21
meshes with our economic challenge
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e cila takon sfiden tone ekonomike
06:23
and our national security challenge.
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dhe sfiden e sigurise tone kombetare.
06:25
Video: Narrator: America is in crisis -- the economy,
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Video: Narrator: Amerika eshte ne krize, ekonomia,
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national security, the climate crisis.
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sigurimi kombetar, krizat klimatike.
06:30
The thread that links them all:
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Rreziku qe i lidhe te gjitha,
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our addiction to carbon based fuels,
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varesia jone nga kaburantet me baze karboni,
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like dirty coal and foreign oil.
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si qymyri i ndotur dhe naftat e huaja.
06:36
But now there is a bold new solution to get us out of this mess.
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Bor tani ketu eshte nje zgjidhje e re e cila do te na nxjerr nga kjo rremuje.
06:39
Repower America with 100 percent clean electricity
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Rifuqija e Amerikes me 100% rryme te pastert,
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within 10 years.
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brenda 10 viteve.
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A plan to put America back to work,
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Plani per te vendosur Ameriken prape ne pune,
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make us more secure, and help stop global warming.
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na ben ne me te sigurte, dhe na ndihmon qe te ndalojme ngrohjen globale.
06:49
Finally, a solution that's big enough to solve our problems.
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Me ne fund, nje zgjidhje e cila eshte mjaft e madhe per te zgjidhur problemet tona.
06:52
Repower America. Find out more.
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Rifuqija Amerikane. Gjeni me shume.
06:54
Al Gore: This is the last one.
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Al Gore: Kjo eshte e fundit.
07:03
Video: Narrator: It's about repowering America.
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Video: Narrator: eshte ajo per te riforcuar Ameriken.
07:05
One of the fastest ways to cut our dependence
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Njera nga rruget me te shpejta per te nderprere varshmerine tone
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on old dirty fuels that are killing our planet.
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nga vajrat e vjetra dhe te piseta te cilat jene duke e mbytur planetin tone.
07:12
Man: Future's over here. Wind, sun, a new energy grid.
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Man: E ardhmja eshte ketu. Ere, diell, nje energji e re.
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Man #2: New investments to create high-paying jobs.
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Man#2: Investime te reja per te pasur pune me paga me te larta.
07:22
Narrator: Repower America. It's time to get real.
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Narrator: Rifuqija Amerikane. Koha eshte te behemi te vertete.
07:26
Al Gore: There is an old African proverb that says,
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Al Gore: Kjo eshte nje proverbe Afrikane qe thot:
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"If you want to go quickly, go alone.
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"nese doni te shkoni shpejt, shkoni vet.
07:31
If you want to go far, go together."
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nese doni te shkoni larg, shkoni bashke"
07:34
We need to go far, quickly.
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Ne duhet te shkojme larg, dhe shpejt
07:36
Thank you very much.
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Faleminderit shume.
07:38
(Applause)
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Duartrokitje
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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