re: #468 reine.de.tout

There is nothing wrong with the concept.

What I have a problem with is the hypocrisy of people like, say, gee, Al Gore, lecturing the rest of us as to how we have to make personal sacrifices in order to save the planet, while he lives in a 20-room mansion that uses 12 times the electricity of the average American home; instead of making his home more energy efficient (or living smaller), he then may buy “carbon credits”, continue on his merry way lecturing the rest of us as to why WE have to make personal sacrifices.

Even though jumping on Al Gore is a bit tired, I completely agree. I personally know much better advocates for a “near zero footprint”. One of them essentially lives out in the woods in a log cabin, rides a bike.. and that’s pretty much it. However, his message isn’t going to reach a lot of people either. The days when people sought out knowledge in wise hermits is pretty much gone.
Point being this, Al Gore might be an opportunistic bastard, a hypocritical bloated arse, an uninformed buffoon with a good Keynote presentation.
It doesn’t change anything about what’s actually happening with the climate.