AL GORE Hypocrisy

[dellinger63]

Big fat PIG

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5072659

Careful...he'll try and put you in a lockbox.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Big fat PIG

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5072659

Dellinger,
The story broke on the Drudge site. Interesting that other media outlets picked it up and ran with it....like they have the same access to Gore's utility bills as Drudge does.
Anyway, here's Gore's response:
http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Global+Warming

[dellinger63]

Gore's response is as lame as the facts presented in the original story. If in fact he does have solar panels installed etc he's even more of a pig than I thought. Either that or his solar panels don't work. Another case of 'do as I say and not as I do'.

[GenuineRisk]

What part of the carbon offset thing does the right not understand?

What I find hilarious is that the same people screaming that global warming is a hoax are perfectly happy to scream that Gore is using carbon (well duh, Einsteins; it's just about impossible to not use it- he tries to cut down where he can and buys carbon offsets to cover what he uses). If you think global warming is such a big hoax, why do you even care?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

What part of the carbon offset thing does the right not understand?

What I find hilarious is that the same people screaming that global warming is a hoax are perfectly happy to scream that Gore is using carbon (well duh, Einsteins; it's just about impossible to not use it- he tries to cut down where he can and buys carbon offsets to cover what he uses). If you think global warming is such a big hoax, why do you even care?

I'm the polar opposite of the right but can't understand how you can defend a guy that averages more energy consumpion in a month than most people use in a year. Especially when that guy is out there telling everyone they need to reduce their energy consumption.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'm the polar opposite of the right but can't understand how you can defend a guy that averages more energy consumpion in a month than most people use in a year. Especially when that guy is out there telling everyone they need to reduce their energy consumption.

Sniper, he's a former VP of the US and a celebrity. I hate to say it, but some people are going to be using more energy. I can't stand GW, but I don't begrudge him flying on Air Force One- he's the President. What Al is doing is buying carbon offsets for the amount of carbon he uses- he's trying to reduce what he is costing the environment to zero by paying for it. Which is more than you can say for most of us, myself included (I have Green Power for my apartment's electric, but I still take taxis and stuff). Here's the wikipedia entry on carbon offsets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_...y_conservation

The key to conservation is understanding no one is going to be perfect, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't make an effort, each and every one of us, to cut back where we can. Walk or bike ride short trips. Park in the first parking space you see- don't drive around and around looking for a closer spot. Don't idle the car. Keep the house a little cooler in the winter and a little warmer in the summer. Buy recycled paper. It's something. Gore is making an effort. He's not going to be perfect; none of us are, but my God, at least he's trying.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Big fat PIG

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5072659

Al's got to be over 3 Clicks these days.

He ain't missing no meals for certain.