Thanks for your vigilance,
dan

How long has “The Great One” been living in this 70 year old eco-disaster? (From your quote, we know it was several years.) If he was that serious, why didn’t he move? Why didn’t he downsize? He certainly had the means to do so and his Global proselytizing demanded he do so.

And I take exception to your assertion that this email “obscures” the effort to stop global warming. It never disputes the fact of global warming. What it does, is point out that Gore has a lot in common with those great proselytizers of 1st century Palestine and contemporary “Christianity”: He talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk…at least not until his feet are held to the fire.

Just because he’s been less than consistent in the past is no reason to think he’s not being consistent now, especially when there’s so much evidence on the other side of the table he’s not willing to look at and when there are other more reasonable solutions to the Global Warming problem.

Moreover, whether or not someone is being hypocritical doesn’t negate the conclusions they’re coming to. They may have a vested interest in drawing those conclusions; They may have a bias which helps to justify those conclusions. However, the fact that an individual or group is disingenuous doesn’t mean their conclusions are incorrect. That depends on the evidence.

There is ample evidence for global warming. But what Gore and the media don’t want to look at is that a majority of scientists have either concluded other factors are responsible for Global Warming, or that the evidence is inconclusive as to the cause.

Aside from that, I admit it; we do have a bit of fun with Gore, around here…mostly because he’s a quintessential politician. That’s nice way of saying he’s an opportunistic liar and so, we never miss an opportunity to flame broil his goose.

But I am quite happy to have your contribution to the post. Even we could use a little balance now and again…lol:) If you’d like links to Global Warming scientists who aren’t proponents of the environmental apocalypse doctrine, I’d be happy to send you some. On the other hand, if you’d like to bone up on your current position, you can hardly do better than reasic.com. Reasic is, in my never to be humble opinion, quite possibly the best Global Warming apologist on the planet. He really knows his stuff and is always amiable to his readers (even when they’re not).

Have good one and thanks again for commenting.

* The Gore home is NOT an average home. It is four times larger than an average home, it is used as an office for both Al and Tipper, and this is a 70-year old home! They were not built energy efficient back then. HOWEVER –

* This year Gore was finally given the green light by city planners to install solar panels and other green additions at his mansion. Previously, town zoning laws did not permit residents of the upscale neighborhood to install solar energy technology because they were considered generators, and therefore, unsightly. Gore had been quietly protesting these laws for some years, but when an audit of his energy use surfaced in February he was raked over the coals, even though plans were underway to make his home more efficient and eco-friendly. Now he’s able to make green renovations in addition to the solar panels; he is also upgrading the furnace, windows, and light switches, as well as installing new floor radiant heat and solar vents, to improve the home’s energy standards
(ref: http://www.ecorazzi.com/?cat=21&paged=3)

* Gore pay a premium in order to get some of their electricity from Green sources. He purchases enough energy from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas to balance 100 percent of his electricity use.

Sometimes when people don’t like the message — in this case that global warming is real — it’s convenient to attack the messenger. Should Gore work on the energy consumption level of his house? Yes, of course, and he IS doing so! Should the CURRENT energy consumption of his home obscure his efforts to alert the country and the world to an impending crisis, as this sniggering email tries to do? Of course not!

Individual homes aside, this is a scurrilous attempt to divert attention from the fact that Al Gore (as a private citizen without any responsibility to lead the world) has worked very hard to draw attention to and to find solutions for the problem of global warming. Meanwhile George Bush (as President of the greatest country on Earth and thus the person with the greatest responsibility of anyone on Earth to lead the world) has dragged his feet in getting our country to pay attention to this impending global crisis.