Why won't Al Gore reduce his energy consumption?

Question

Gore says that he is concerned about the environment, but he only seems to pay lip service the problem. He relies on tricks like buying offsets or alternative energy, but why won't he actually make a major cutback on his lifestyle. He has plenty of money so paying more isn't a sacrafice, why won't he make a real sacrafice and use less energy?

Answer 1

Like Al gore says "Do as I say, not as I do." When you are dealing with socialists you have to remember that they make the rules for the commoners, not for themselves.

Answer 2

Why do you care what Al Gore does? Get your information on anthropogenic global warming from scientists, not politicians turned scientific spokespeople.

A good place to start might be the RealClimate.org Blog. A site run by fifteen highly qualified climate scientists currently doing active research in the field.

Answer 3

Al and Tipper Gore work out of their home and she argued that "the bottom line is that every family has a different carbon footprint. And what Vice President Gore has asked is for families to calculate that footprint and take steps to reduce and offset it."

A carbon footprint is a calculation of the CO2 fossil fuel emissions each person is responsible for, either directly because of his or her transportation and energy consumption or indirectly because of the manufacture and eventual breakdown of products he or she uses. (You can calculate your own carbon footprint on the website http://www.carbonfootprint.com/)

The vice president has done that, Kreider argues, and the family tries to offset that carbon footprint by purchasing their power through the local Green Power Switch program — electricity generated through renewable resources such as solar, wind, and methane gas, which create less waste and pollution. "In addition, they are in the midst of installing solar panels on their home, which will enable them to use less power," Kreider added. "They also use compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy efficiency measures and then they purchase offsets for their carbon emissions to bring their carbon footprint down to zero."

The press release from Johnson's group, an obscure conservative think tank founded by Johnson in 2004 when he was 24, was given splashy attention on the highly-trafficked Drudge Report Monday evening, and former Gore aides saw it as part of a piece, along with an Fox News Channel investigation from earlier this month of Gore's use of private planes in 2000. Last year, a seemingly amateurish Youtube video mocking the "An Inconvenient Truth" turned out to have been produced by slick Republican public relations firm called DCI, which just happens to have oil giant Exxon as a client.



"Considering that he spends an overwhelming majority of his time advocating on behalf of and trying to affect change on this issue, it's not surprising that people who have a vested interest in protecting the status quo would go after him," said the former Gore aide.



Kreider says she's confident that the Gores' utility bills will decrease. "They bought an older home and they're in the process of upgrading the home," she said. "Unfortunately that means an increase in energy use in order to have an overall decrease in energy use down the road."


Although I agree that the people advocating environmentalism who made An Inconvenient Truth should be practicing what they preach, I also believe everyone should call them on it if they don't. It just makes the message stronger when the messenger changes his ways as well. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, Global warming is hurting our planet and will hurt us all if we don't change. IT is already hurting our planet in a big way, faster than what scientists thought previously.
Al Gore is making more sacrifices and using less energy. But it's great that you notice. Now maybe you'll do something on your end and do something to reduce your carbon emissions too so you practice the same thing you are getting on Gore about.

Answer 4

How many carbon offsets does it take to make up for his Jack Daniels and Cheetos farts? He's not going to sacrifice anything. Sacrifices are for the little people like us, not the 300 pound Spartan.

Answer 5

Because he's a hypocrite. Al Gore could use the half the planets energy, and pro-GW folks would still proclaim him their hero and cite his "documentary" as "fact".

Answer 6

Another example of the Liberal motto: "Do as I say, not as I do"

Answer 7

because hes a hypocrite

Answer 8

Because he is a typical elitist liberal hypocrite.

Answer 9

Because he's a liberal Dem.