The American Lefts silly victim complex

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by August

You have any proof of that? I've read that he hasn't signed up for the higher "green" electric rates and i have also read that the companies he buys carbon offset credits from are actually owned by him (ie he pays himself).

His power usage is, as Demon posted, around 18,000 kWh per month.
Gore bought 108 units of green energy every month, this equates to 16,200kWh per month. This costs an extra $432 per month (I was over when I said $450 in my last post, apologies)

http://www.nespower.com/green_power_switch.aspx

So that's equivalent to recycling 10 million coke cans a year. I think that offsets something

Defend him all you want but the only thing Al Gore is working towards is making money. If it weren't promoting global warming hysteria it would be some other lucrative liberal cause.

So it's hysterical to want to get off of oil and onto sources that don't pollute the air, sea and land? Count me hysterical then.
I don't understand this kind of nasty tarring, especially when it stems from one man's electricity bill, and not what he devotes his life to. You know, voting for a candidate because of their shoes. The misdirection of attention doesn't add up to me. If Gore is so obviously money-grubbing, wouldnt he be investing in oil? You know? The stuff that's running out and climbing in price every couple of months? Who's making record profits, Gore or Exxon?
And if he is in it purely for the money, why does his energy model cost him an extra $432 per month? That's not the behaviour of of someone who's out for cash..
Defending him? Not so much. But a lot of stuff here doesn't make sense.

Who is kidding who? A private jet is not the same thing a bus ticket or a coach seat on Budget Airline. Let me refer you back to the article.

Of course not. Gore offset all the promo flights he made, in a private jet, for the film. I don't know about hios speaking tours.

No you are not sure, you just want to believe it.

Yeah I want to believe it, it seems to be true too.
Measuring influence is difficult. Forgetting about the 10 million cans per year, look at how much more of an issue climate change is these days. It really is a top-agenda item in Europe, less so in the US, but in the ascendant. It needs someone at the head of it, Gore's not too bad. GIM's sustainability and ecological investments must be helping, so must the rafts of legislation currently in the works.

Ok maybe not blatantly, but ignoring none the less...

This was in reference to cutting back in consumption.
How the hell, when 16,000 out of 18,000 kWh come from green sources, can you say that he's ignoring it? Ignoring it would be not installing solar panels, not using energy efficient bulbs, not combining home and business into one building, not driving a hybrid.....on and on

(article? I had a look at it earlier)

August - Accusing the Democrats of hypocrisy during the Florida elections? never heard this before. Wasn't it only for the counties where results were disputed? Link?

GOP claims to guard truth and justice too, mind. Not like "they did it so it's ok for us", but it's not much to fight on.