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"Al Gore's electricity bill is high? PAGE ONE BABY. Al Gore's electricity bill is approximately 1 / 100,000,000 or so of the problem. But it makes us feel good
by rick888 16y ago
"Al Gore's electricity bill is high? PAGE ONE BABY. Al Gore's electricity bill is approximately 1 / 100,000,000 or so of the problem. But it makes us feel good to give do-gooders their comeuppance. Serves them right, for trying to improve things and making us feel bad that we don't do more ourselves."
Al Gore has rallied to get the government to start forcing corporations to use carbon credits and buy them from companies that he is invested in. It's not that he is a "do-gooder", it's that he is an unethical hypocrite. These kinds of people need to be pointed out.
- jbooth 16y agoHe's fat, too!
- forensic 16y agoBut you're focusing on individuals when, in reality, any one personality is far less harmful than the typical organization. You could focus on shaming Al Gore into buying solar panels, or you could focus on some $100 billion energy company where you could actually make a measurable difference. It's about priorities. The media likes personalities because individuals are a lot more salient than statistics, and offending an individual never alienated an advertising customer.