Earth-saving mystery material unveiled to be...wait, not unveiled

Alright, so we're not exactly sure what went down at the Fortune Forum -- that swanky dinner in London last night where a radical, climate-changing "new science" was supposed to be unveiled -- but we do know that the event came and went with nary a mention of the supposed "super material." Apparently the only major news is that Al Gore was there, and he gave a speech praising UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his work on global warming, which sounds about par for the course. No word on whether or not anyone tracked down British Inventors' Society founder Kane Kramer to ask him about his claims, but we'll keep a sharp eye and let you know if we hear anything.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Matthew Hilario @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:29PM]

Al Gore invents water; the world's greatest life-source.

[Justin @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:46PM]

2000 called, and they want your joke back.

Also, http://web.archive.org/web/20000125065813/http://www.mids.org/mn/904/vcerf.html .

[Derbeste @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:56PM]

Hey, Mr. Kettle....

Did 2000 also ask you for that joke back?

[JD @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:27PM]

Hey Derbeste, 1605 called, Cervantes wants his metaphor back.

Plus, it should be "Mr. Pot ... " the object of the accusation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_calling_the_kettle_black

[brian @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:56PM]

I thought it was pretty funny.

[raerae @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:34PM]

Bovine scatology

[llkk @ Dec 3rd 2007 11:28PM]

who run barter town

[yoshi @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:35PM]

Al Gore WAS the "mystery material". What he's made of, no one can figure out.

[b&M @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:49PM]

lol that is exactly what I was going to say :)

[CraigJ @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:59PM]

Cheeseburgers and milk shakes?

[steveo @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:02PM]

I thought it was obvious: he is a plastic talking head balloon filled with hot air and a tape recorder.

[Derek @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:18PM]

Shit?

[JuggleNuts @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:57PM]

Haha, he called the shit "poop"!

[Dan S. @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:36PM]

"You heard the good news everyone! Save the Earth, etc, etc, g'bye!"

[Lenman1 @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:49PM]

Al Gore can round-house-kick better than Chuck Norris.

[blade417 @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:52PM]

Blasphemy!!

How dare you speak lowly of Chuck Norris!!

[CraigJ @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:59PM]

Well, he does resemble a round house...

[Brett @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:53PM]

What a scum-bag that Al.

I'm not denying global warming, but there's "global warming" on mars too and there are no suv's.

He's a hypocrite like bono.

That mystery material better show up soon or may it be a huge embarrassment for gorey.

[Ike Skelton @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:56PM]

Wow, you're an idiot.

[mmh @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:13PM]

Global warming on Mars. LOL!!!1111111 I can't stop lolling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:26PM]

Ugh, ignorant people annoy me. We all know global warming, even to the point of ice ages are a naturally recurring process, because it's happened before.

The problem is how QUICKLY it's happening.

So next time you want to make a comment about something you know nothing about, save us the bother of reading it and just put your foot straight into your mouth.

[ekwmin @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:47PM]

It's true that global warming happens regardless of what we do, but suggesting that we do nothing about it, is just ridiculous. If your doctor tells you that your family has a history of heart disease, you carry the gene and it's just a matter of time until you will be affected, what will you do? According to your logic it wouldn't matter if you stuff your body with fatty foods, never exercise, and start smoking because you will get heart disease regardless, right? Think about it!

[jessy @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:55PM]

how come 1 man can do so much good, and still seem like such a piece of shit?


because he is shit.

[Carl Lumma @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:03PM]

I believe he's referring to the 'sun is the cause of recent global warming' theory, whose proponents claim is supported by evidence that Mars is warming. -C.

[brian @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:02PM]

This just makes me really T.Oed doesn't anyone care about the helpless baby seals anymore? The oceans are crying and no one crys with them but me and Al Gore. Its a sad day, I'm going to go and cry some more.
TREE KILLERS!!!!

[Jason @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:12PM]

"And that's why electrons must taste like Grape-Ade!"

Perfect Futurama reference, Engadget. Love it!

[Bob @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:12PM]

Earth saving mystery ?????

Calling the Martians for Help ...thats what I think it is

[Mike @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:43PM]

Heh... That's right. They're coming to save the Earth from us. The soiree was probably a big get-together of the alien overlords come to pat each other on the back (kind of like in the John Carpenter movie They Live).

[JHosche @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:46PM]

Yeah they were gonna do that...but they ran out of minutes on their cell phone...

[JohnnyGTO @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:24PM]

Naa their busy with their own global warming, Martian bovine gas, yuck!

[Alex @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:59PM]

All I will say: remember the Raxicalicophalipatorians (excuse any typos, but the Slytheen chose the damnedest home planet)

[wesg @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:23PM]

I spent the last $10 on this plastic Al Gore figurine!
"You are listening to me talk"

[strider_mt2k @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:29PM]

Good news everyone...

[oshean @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:29PM]

Could it be some new kind of genetically altered algae used in the field of biofuel algaculture.

[Garth Hemphill @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:50PM]

Neutron Encrusted Steaming Hot Dark Matter indeed...

Good call Engadget...

[Wes @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:52PM]

Did Al bring the Vice Presidential Action Rangers with him?

[josh @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:08PM]

you mean the Nobel Prize Foundation?

[Reader @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:04PM]

In other news, I just solved world hunger, but I'm not really in the mood to explain it.

[Matthew Hilario @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:14PM]

the mystery material was found on monica lewinski's dress.

[pop @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:23PM]

THE MYSTERY MATERIAL WILL STOP MANBEARPIG!!

[Student Driver @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:53PM]

Maybe, but can it stop SpiderPig from doing, well, whatever it does?

[Matt @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:36PM]

Does everyone get their money back? People were paying a lot to be on hand for this unveiling, and nothing was unveiled?

[Jason @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:00PM]

Duh, it was supposed to be the premier of the Steorn Orbo but they still can't get the stupid thing to work in public. Something about people watching making the quantum flux capacitor go all wonky. Go figure.

[Jon @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:54PM]

"I have rode the moon worm"

[The Pepto Pimp @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:54PM]

People, wake up and step into the 21st century. Global warming is a 1980s concept which has been studied and expanded upon. Today, in 2007, we refer to Climate Change. Global warming is one, of several, phenomenon that are a result of Climate change.

[David Kimmerly @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:01PM]

Yet you have failed to explain why I still do not care...

[Wwhat @ Dec 3rd 2007 5:29PM]

Al gore and his entire staff and family flew in from 3000 miles away to compliment brown on his environmental efforts and you still diss him? tisk tisk.

[John @ Dec 3rd 2007 7:06PM]

Amazingly, the entire commenting populace of Engadget saw this coming, and Al Gore did not...

[almagnifico @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:22PM]

This is the closest I could find regarding "earth-saving" material

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2284349.ece

[Randomness @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:26PM]

So they unveiled NOTHING!? THis huge swanky event... and nothing was unveiled? They just sat around and ate while people made the same old boring environmental speeches that we've heard 100 times? What the hell was the point of this whole thing then? The main event was just forgotten about?