He merely intended to point out that the use of kerosene as fuel 'is the proximate cause of a water shortage and the unfolding potential catastrophe that completely defies the human imagination.' Lauding the shift in emphasis made by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, Gore said, "In our world, more global warming pollution anywhere is a threat to the future of civilization everywhere, and we all have to be a part of the solution." Image: MIC Electronics' LED-based solar lanterns endorsed at Indo-US Energy Partnership Summit 2009 at Washington DC, USA Reminiscing about his decades-long relationship with Pachauri, Gore said, "What Dr Pachauri is doing in leading the scientific community of the entire planet to a realisation of what needs to be done is just fantastic, and in the capacity that brings us here, I am so proud and honored to support enthusiastically and wholeheartedly the Lighting a Billion Lives campaign." Full Article at Rediff