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The phenomenon whereby right-wing climate change denialists grasp onto any weather event not involving wildfire occurring in the same hemisphere that Al Gore is visiting and use it to "prove" that climate change is a myth.
Al Gore visited Brisbane, Australia last week. Brisbane's average temperature at this time of year is 23.4 degrees Celsius. During Gore's visit the temperature peaked at 23.3 degrees Celsius. Groupthinking right-wing bloggers have declared the Gore Effect active in Brisbane, Australia.
by Iain Hall December 15, 2008
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