Global warming hypocrisy?

Question

Do you find it hypocritical that 10000 global warming scare mongers flew on private jest to Bali to hold a global warming seminar?

Do you also find it hypocritical that Al gore spends $5000 a month on electricity?

Do you find it silly that Al Gore flew to Bali on a Private Jet and then “shunned a limo for a hybrid?”

Do you find It hypocritical that the elites that promote reduction in carbon exempt themselves?

Do you find it Ironic that we and all living animals and insects living on our planet are made of carbon? And three breathe carbon, yet theses wako’s want to eliminate carbon?

Answer 1

I'm bored...please try harder next time.

Oh, the answer is "No."

Answer 2

Yes, the rich have a greater impact per person, but not much at all in the big picture. The rich are fairly irrelevant, and Al Gore is particularly irrelevant, except that if he can educate a few million people and they all save a little bit, his impact on the issue is tremendously positive.

So why are many Republicans jumping on the bandwagon?

Sure, they want to tell people what they want to hear, but they can make a lot of money off of global warming too.

For example, speculators are buying land that has real estate and timber value, but now they can sell carbon credits after they harvest the timber. Phony wealth is created out of thin air, but there is a net increase in carbon in the air as the mature tress that were cut no longer pull it out of the air. The seedlings replacing them will not be an effective replacement for 50-100 years. We pay higher prices on goods due to the cost of carbon offsets integrated into the manufacture and shipping of all goods, and those carbon credit funds flow right to the rich investors.

So give Al a break; he sure doesn't have a monopoly on being well off. Ultra-rich people of all politcal persuasions have realized that this is an opportunity to shift wealth towards themselves.

Answer 3

Honestly I thought it was overkill to have all the delegates from all over the place fly to Bali for this whole "global warming" conference...

Al Gore? I can't stand the guy - but the actual amount he was spending was only about $1,200 per month for the electric bill at his house in Tennessee. Further, even though I can't stand the guy, there is this article -

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_re_us/gore_tennessee_home_1

This first little excerpt specifies how much he was paying in 2006...

"In February, a conservative think tank criticized Gore for using an average of 16,000 kilowatt hours a month for an average monthly bill of $1,206 in 2006. The typical Nashville home uses about 1,300 kilowatt hours a month."

Then, the article goes on to state that he (Gore) has finally finished the renovations on his home - which actually appear to make his house much more energy efficient.

From the article: "Electricity usage at the home remains well above regional averages, but Gore's power consumption decreased by 6,890 kilowatt hours, or 11 percent, between June and August, despite the heat wave.

Gore's electric use increased again after he had to take his solar panels off-line in August so his new geothermal system could be integrated into the system. But his natural gas use has dropped 93 percent in the three months since the geothermal pump was activated.

When the Gores' heated pool is hooked up to the system later this month, their energy use is expected to decline more, his spokeswoman said. "

So in all honesty, at least he's putting up some of that "hard earned" money he gets from his appearance fees for his speaking engagements, and using it to actually reduce his carbon footprint rather than paying for so-called "carbon offsets" - which I feel are a load of crap.

Do I agree that humans are to blame for Global Warming? Nope. Do I agree with Gore? Nope. However, at least he's STARTING to at least walk a little of the walk to go along with his talking the talk.

One other thing: The majority of the renovations he did on his house are most likely beyond the "price range" of the majority of the rest of the people in the United States. Heck, I'd absolutely LOVE to install a residential geothermal heat pump, but I don't have the money to do so.

I guess it helps when you've got millions of dollars that you an spend...

Answer 4

Global Warming is a true event. It's the causes that are being manipulated. I'm sure we are not helping with our govt letting it happen more than it should by catering to the businesses and factories like GW letting them pollute more BUT i believe it's a farce and just a natural phase of Mother Earth. Alot of hypoes going on here.

Answer 5

I'm sorry, but how exactly do you propose that representatives from all around the world hold a conference (not a seminar) together without airplanes? And where is your evidence that they all flew on private jets? Nonexistent, because they didn't.

I don't care what Al Gore does. He uses a lot of electricity (hypocritical), but makes sure it comes from renewable sources (setting a good example).

"Do you find It hypocritical that the elites that promote reduction in carbon exempt themselves?"

WTF are you talking about?

"Do you find it Ironic that we and all living animals and insects living on our planet are made of carbon? And three breathe carbon, yet theses wako’s want to eliminate carbon?"

If that were true, maybe. But it's not. Learn about the natural carbon cycle please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle

Nobody is proposing to "eliminate carbon". The proposition is to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels as much as possible.

Answer 6

all of us be attentive to for a certainty that some oil companies paid scientists to refute worldwide warming and are available up with 'data' to back up their claims. the reason all of us be attentive to that is because of the fact they have admitted it. The tobacco companies did precisely an identical factor in hiring scientists to disclaim it became risky. each significant oil company interior the worldwide recognizes worldwide warming to be authentic (visit any of their web content for confirmation), something the worldwide warming skeptics conveniently forget to show in spite of it being in black and white for all to work out. it is likewise incorrect to point governments might income financially. some government law is in all probability not something extra advantageous than an excuse to levy new taxes and financial effects yet this could properly be a conventional coverage of many governments on an excellent array of matters. Governments are dropping billions because of the fact of world warming - human beings are switching to extra power useful home equipment, making use of much less gas, making use of much less heating, recycling extra products and so on and so on. All of which financially impacts on governments via decreased sales. maximum governments interior the stepped forward worldwide subsidise power performance schemes via offering supplies for insulation, financial incentives to alter to greener power components and so on. particularly, governments could be lots extra advantageous off if there became no such factor as worldwide warming. like the industries that make a contribution to worldwide warming they are having to evolve.

Answer 7

and the earth has gone up and down in cold spells and warm spells.... this same exact thing happened in the 13-1400s!

global warming is yet to be proved; scientifically it's still a theory.
just because these people and scientists think it's happening doesnt mean theyre right.
these hypocrites just want fame and fortune.

Answer 8

What I find hypocritical are naysayers of GW who seem to lack the inherent intelligence to understand what the vast majority of scientists worldwide agree on concerning GW.

How would you propose they get to Bali, swim?

Did you find this hypocritical too?

"There's nothing good about drug use. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused, and they ought to be convicted, and they ought to be sent up."
--Rush Limbaugh

Answer 9

It is funny, why couldn't they hold this conference in a nation closer to them? Because they don't care about carbon, they care about the grants they will receive once Al Gore's GIM company takes off. It's all about money with these fascists.

Answer 10

yup yup yup. it just SLAYS me ! Did you hear PGE new thing ? Global warming is a choice ! HAHAHAHAH whatever.
I bought wood the other day and it had a warning label on it !!!! Warning ! Burning this wood or any other wood may be hazardous to your health ! Cancer causing substances ! HAHAHAHAH I'm so TIRED of all this Global Warming &*%$

Answer 11

Nothing hypocritical about it. Global warmers aren't about setting examples, they're all about changing how YOU live!