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Originally Posted by roachboy
all of which presupposes that this "hypocrisy" nonsense has some meaning.
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Actually, it does. I've had discussions with people about low gas mileage cars and SUVs. Their comments to me were that as long as limousine liberals like Al Gore insisted on flying around in private jets and owned multiple large homes with huge energy budgets, they saw no reason to give up their cars or otherwise try to conserve energy.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
gee, a national level politician in the united states is wealthy. what a fucking shock. and he disposes of his wealth in a way that were gore a conservative rightwingers would defend.
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Al Gore can spend his money however he likes. However, by doing things like this, he loses any credibility that he has. He's no different than any other shyster who tries to separate people from their money. In the interests of full disclosure, maybe Al should disclose how much money he's made off investments in energy conservation. Because, as far as I am concerned with Al, he's in a position to get publicity for his statements, and can steer people into whatever direction suits his interests.
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it's funny that this non-story is floating about now and apparently getting some traction in the rightwing press.
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For me, Al Gore has had nothing to say of value about the environment for several years, since it was disclosed a few years ago about his home in Tennessee with a $10K/month + utility bill. This isn't new news.
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it's certainly easier to froth about on this vital matter of infotainment---the Important Question about climate change of course being how Al Gore lives his personal life----given the disaster that's unfolding in the gulf of mexico, which seems to maybe---just maybe---have punched some holes in conservative anti-green posturing.
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Maybe we would have a few less oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico if Al Gore and his peers weren't flying around in private jets and otherwise wasting energy instead of conserving it.