Sometimes The Truth Really Is Inconvenient
I thought this http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm was an interesting piece given our discussion on McCain's use of the same campaign finances he has been advocating against for years. It seems Al Gore is not the poster child for green energy he has painted himself to be with his outspoken position on global warming. I had imagined his residence to be littered with rain collectors, solar panels, and bio fuel heaters, especially in light of his recent Oscar for his documentary on global warming and related acceptance speech professing, "We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act. That's a renewable resource. Let's renew it." Way to lead by example, Mr. Gore.
posted by Todd @ 2/27/2007 09:53:00 AM
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Where's Michael Moore when you need him? Oh that's right - the story might not fit his agenda....
They were just talking about this on All Things Considered tonight. I'm sorry to hear it, but, to be honest, not all that surprised. The NPR story actually went a little further and talked about how a Libertarian group found out how much electricity the Gore's actually used at their 10,000 square foot home. I know I'm getting the numbers wrong but I believe they said that the average household uses something like 12,000 kw hours per month or year (can't remember which) and the Gore's used over 200,000 at their home. Granted, their house is probably 5 times bigger (or more) than the average home, but that does seem like a lot of power. They mentioned in the story that the Gores purchase carbon offsets (which seem to be investments in pollution reduction technologies/companies) to counteract/counterbalance their power usage. But, no matter how you spin it, it would appear that it truly is another case of "do as I say and not as I do." Again, though, are we really surprised? Seems like politics as usual to me. Maybe I'm just jaded. I'm not trying to justify or excuse Gore, don't get me wrong. What pisses me off the most, though, is not that he is a hypocrite, but that this may take away from his message/diminish his credibility and the credibility of global warming researchers/scientisits/advocates. Which, to me, is the bigger crime.
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