Should Al Gore be held to the same standards as the rest of us?

Question

or is it OK for him to use 20X more energy than the average family as recently reported in the media?

This figure of 20X was confirmed by Nashville Electric Service (NES)

Answer 1

NO,he doesn't pay the bill-we do

Answer 2

And where did you get that figure (aside from Rush Limpballs fantasies)? No one is suggesting that people be "held to a standard"--in other words, forced to do without. That is a propaganda lie.

The whole thrust of the effort to reform our energy use is to provide better--and cheaper--alternatives--which will save everyone money as well as helping the environment. Of course--it does involve focusing on realities, not on rhetorical fantasies--something neocons aren't very good at.

So I suppose the neocons will just keep on quacking out dishonest noises that have no truth behind them--since that's all they've got to offer.

Answer 3

Gore's use is 20x the AMERICAN household, and the average American per capita energy consumption is about 6x the average world per capita energy consumption, and 12x the per capita consumption in Africa - so, what do you mean by 'the rest of us'?

Answer 4

The "questions" about Al Gore are nonsense.

Al Gore has nothing at all to do with the science behind global warming. He is in no way responsible for any of the solid data about global warming. He is not singlehandedly causing global warming. He's just an actor.

And his message is backed by 99+% of all scientists. They may disagree on some of the details, but not on the basic message. Global warming is real, it's not natural, it's caused by us. And it is a serious threat to our country.

Here's some solid information about the basic scientific agreement on global warming and just a little of the data underlying it.

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu...

http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/graphics_gall...

http://aip.org/history/climate/co2.htm...

http://www.ipcc.ch/spm2feb07.pdf...

Not from some weirdos, but from the most respected scientific organizations in the world. Practically every scientific organization publicly supports the reality of global warming.

Talking about Al Gore's personal life in the face of the threat is silly. These people are hardly fans of Al Gore, but they don't make that mistake. They don't get their information from "An Inconvenient Truth", they get it from the best scientists in the world. None of these people are fools, or environmental crazies. You may not respect them all, but surely you respect some.

"The science of global warming is clear. We know enough to act now. We must act now."

James Rogers, CEO of Charlotte-based Duke Energy.

"The overwhelming majority of atmospheric scientists around the world and our own National Academy of Sciences are in essential agreement on the facts of global warming and the significant contribution of human activity to that trend."

Russell E. Train, Republican, former environmental official under Presidents Nixon and Ford

"We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late. The science is clear. The global warming debate is over."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican, Governor, California

"Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming."

John McCain, Republican, Senator, Arizona

"These technologies will help us become better stewards of the environment - and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change."

President George Bush

These "questions" have nothing at all to do with science. They are simply political statements which properly belong in the politics section.

Answer 5

They also reported that it was green energy!

Answer 6

He wouldn't be the first politician who didn't do what he said we should do.

Answer 7

that story came from ...ugh..fox news.

again republicans not looking at the REAL ISSUES.