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This isn't helping.
An inconvenient truth for Gore
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Danoff
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I think that guy is a little confused. He thinks that gore can't use his own company to offset his carbon usage. He automatically assumes that any money Gore gives his company (or any compensation he refuses) is equivalent to buying stock. While it's true that the company may profit from Gore's moves and while it's true that if he owns stock in the company he does get a benefit from the company profit, it's not true that if a certain number of trees are planted by his company on his behalf that he hasn't aheived a carbon-neutral lifestyle.
Honestly I'm sure that in the end Gore beileves that he's carbon neutral. But even if he weren't he'd write off the jet fuel burned as a necessary evil to get the word out and spark more change. I'm sure that Gore has managed to convince himself that he's living a very environmentally friendly lifestyle and that if everyone followed his example Geroge Bush's hurricanes would no longer attack black people.
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Exactly what kind of mansion is this, what kind of operation takes place in it, and how many people goes through this place?
Many of you are labeling him a hypocrite based on this article, but how can you be so sure?
If this is strictly just his residence, then I'd suppose that he probably is a hypocrite. But what if he has 100 people going in and out every week, or he rans some sort of business through this place?
I'm no fan of Al Gore, but man, a politician of that caliber probably doesn't sit around his house the way we do. I need little bit more proof, before I can conclude that he actually is wasting energy.
Many of you are labeling him a hypocrite based on this article, but how can you be so sure?
If this is strictly just his residence, then I'd suppose that he probably is a hypocrite. But what if he has 100 people going in and out every week, or he rans some sort of business through this place?
I'm no fan of Al Gore, but man, a politician of that caliber probably doesn't sit around his house the way we do. I need little bit more proof, before I can conclude that he actually is wasting energy.
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Al Gore is by his very nature a hypocrite. How could he NOT be ?
Think about it for two seconds ..you have this rich ..well connected guy who wants to tell all the rest of us how to live...BUT who is not willing or even able to lead by example. Just like most rich liberal tree huggers .
I'd go on ...but Gore amuses me a little but is not worth my time .
Think about it for two seconds ..you have this rich ..well connected guy who wants to tell all the rest of us how to live...BUT who is not willing or even able to lead by example. Just like most rich liberal tree huggers .
I'd go on ...but Gore amuses me a little but is not worth my time .
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Wow, I totally missed your reponse. Sorry, Swift!You really like your gray areas don't you?
Well how about the Hannity video that was posted in this thread? All the CO2 that Gore is putting into the atmosphere with private jets instead of commercial ones?
On the video, I can't remember if I saw it or not. You might think my stance on it was neutral, but without definite proof, I'm not going to bite the man's head off.
On private jet, Al Gore is not you or me. When someone is in so much demand, and are busy, I don't have problem with that person flying a private jet. Your argument is legitimate one though. If Al Gore wants to protect the environment so bad, maybe this is where he needs to make some sacrifice.
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Wow, I totally missed your reponse. Sorry, Swift!
On the video, I can't remember if I saw it or not. You might think my stance on it was neutral, but without definite proof, I'm not going to bite the man's head off.
On private jet, Al Gore is not you or me. When someone is in so much demand, and are busy, I don't have problem with that person flying a private jet. Your argument is legitimate one though. If Al Gore wants to protect the environment so bad, maybe this is where he needs to make some sacrifice.
Well, I would say that the amount of CO2 that the private jet puts out is readily available. Then you cross that with the amount of trips he's taken and you how much "hotter" good old Gore is making the planet.
But yeah, I have zero problem with private jets. I have a huge problem with a guy that says we should curb our driving, flying and household energy consumption to save the world when he uses enough energy for about 10 homes by himself.
