Al Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize

A few days ago Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize amid some controversy over whether it is deserved or not. Most of this seems to be petty political griping as the liberal bay area where I live said with 71% that it was deserved on an sfgate.com poll but foxnews viewers said it was unwarranted. What I find more interesting about all of this is that it seems like the PEACE prize has taken a shift in ideology away from traditional "peace" work like anti-war leaders or people encouraging dialogue in areas like Israel/Palestine, Sudan, Iraq, etc. This article makes a good point though that over time the gist of the prize has shifted from a traditional definition of peace to adapt, while still holding true to Nobel's principles, to a broader definition, including environmentalists. I for one, think Gore's selection for this prize is great, it makes me nostalgic for the world that could have been but never was if he had beat Bush in 2000, how all the hope and optimism in the world just dried up and got replaced with fear in these 7 years and how Gore took a classy move and backed away from politics instead of being a distraction after the messy election and devoted himself fully to a new cause and somewhat single-handedly shed universal light on it.