The former vice president brought nationwide attention to global warming in his 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Gore intends to continue educating the world using the Internet, a worldwide communications network he launched in the early 90s. Via online efforts, he wants to raise awareness for both the need to sandbag and the importance of decreasing America’s greenhouse gas production.

Global warming is an issue on the minds of many Americans. In 1983, a hole was discovered in the Ozone over the South Pole, and a 2005 University of Washington study showed ocean levels rising at a rate of .000289 inches per year due to melting polar ice caps. To put that in more meaningful terms, in the time taken to read this article, ocean levels will have risen .0000000011 inches.

Gore has taken on the responsibility of sandbagging the nation against the impending ocean blitz. “I feel this is our last resort for saving America’s coastlines,” said Gore. “What makes this effort logical is the mass amount of sand available along the coasts, perfect for bagging and stacking.”