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It's pretty clear that if Al Gore believes himself he should do whatever is in his power to change the global system. Since the alternative is to hole up and ge
by lutorm 18y ago
It's pretty clear that if Al Gore believes himself he should do whatever is in his power to change the global system. Since the alternative is to hole up and get nothing done, that means flying around, giving talks, and contributing to a (vanishingly) small increase in emissions with the hope of effecting large change.
By your argument you could discount everyone who is arguing that global warming is real by saying that they are driving and flying and emitting carbon. Face it -- in the US today you have to drive and fly to do anything, including trying to change that fact itself.
I don't know anything about his residence, but that is anyway a complete ad hominem attack. The characteristics of his home have nothing to do with the merits of his case.
- gaius 18y agoIt's clear that he believe that he himself should remain in the public arena despite being rejected by the democratic process. There's no evidence that he believes anything else, given the disconnect between his lifestyle and what he advocates for others. There is absolutely no reason (it's not like he can't afford it) that he couldn't be powering that mansion of his with wind or solar, and that's just one example. There's no reason that the profits from his carbon credit company couldn't be spent on alternative energy research. The evidence is that it's all self-promotion.