In 2006 Al Gore's home in Tenn. used 191,000 kilowatt hours ( monthly bill averaged $1,200) when the average home in that area only used 15,600 kilowatt hours. For someone that is so certain that we are all screwed if we don't drastically cut our use of energy he sure seems to not care when it comes to his own life. Mabey he doesn't actually believe what he preaches. He has made millions from his movie telling you to change your life so drasticlly that you would end up living like a cave man. All the while he's getting driven around in a Limo and using more energy at his home than 12 average homes. How about practicing what you preach. Even if he knows everything he says is crap ( wich he does ) you would think he would still attempt to limit his share of green house emmitions to playcate his followers if nothing else. I think I know what Al Gore is full of. Global bull@#$#.
2007-02-28 06:31:01 · 8 answers · asked by great dane fanatic 3 in Environment
Gore is wealthy. The wealthy think differently than the rest of us. Most of them don't think the rules apply to them. Yes, he wants us to live in igloos. But does that mean he or his ilk will adjust their own lifestyles accordingly? Hell no it doesn't. Rosie O'donnell is fervently anti gun. But rumor had it the bodyguard she had was always armed. Same thing. Nobody can consume energy except Al Gore. Nobody can own a gun except the bodyguard of a celebrity. What does it all mean? Oppression for the average people that make up the population of Earth. That's what all this is for. Control of anything that allows us to be free, whether it's guns or the infrastructure of America. Arm yourselves with knowledge.
2007-02-28 19:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Poking people with sticks ⚀⚀ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter, to me, or to you.
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. The people quoted below 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.
2007-02-28 17:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Just because you don't like the messenger doesn't make the message any less true. Pick on him all you want but I do think that the truth about what is happening on earth is important to all of us and to all of those coming after us.
2007-02-28 18:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by kmv 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Gore is a useful idoit. He's a political mouthpiece. He has no scientific credibility.
2007-02-28 16:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do you expect from a Divinity School student, the number one course they teach is hyprocracy.
2007-02-28 14:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Proofoflife 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He is your typical limo liberal, do as I say not as I do person. Dismiss anything he says out of hand.
2007-02-28 14:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Do as I say...not as I do. Typical liberal crap they love to spoon feed the gullible.
2007-02-28 14:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
hubris? chutzpah? idiocy or genius? personally i prefer lying dumbass
2007-02-28 15:21:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋