Thursday, August 10, 2006
do as he says, not as he does
Interesting article on Al Gore in yesterday's USA Today. He generally bores me more than he annoys me, so I wasn't going to say anything, but hypocrisy kind of ruins credibility. He goes all around the country and world touting his book and movie, more or less slamming everyone for being energy hogs, and loudly demanding that everyone reduce personal use of everything, on the principle that taxing the environment less means the environment can begin to breathe easier (heh). Except that it's hard to get everyone to pitch in and, apparently, that includes him first and foremost. I knew about their SUVs but it seems the Gores have 3 homes totalling almost 20,000 square feet, and haven't switched even one kilowatt of their energy usage to 'green'. And that's even though the homes are in towns and cities where the utilities offer wind energy. (Can you say 'do as I say not as I do'?) For more, read the article. Proving once again that large amounts of skepticism should accompany all listening to anyone who pontificates, shouts and/or screams.
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