From UnionLeader.com Aug. 13
To Gore?s way of thinking, manmade carbon emissions are contributing mightily to global warming and Americans must take the lead in ending those emissions, even if it means paying an astronomical price and falling further behind in global competition.
So what is American Al Gore himself doing in this do-or-die effort? Apparently not much. In a column in USA Today last Thursday, a scholar reveals that the former (and future?) Presidential candidate is a rank hypocrite when it comes to saving the planet.
Gore and his wife reside in two huge homes. One is a 20-room, eight-bathroom mansion in Tennessee. The ?smaller? one is a 4,000 square-footer in Arlington, Va. And they own a third.
It costs energy to run these hovels, but even though utility companies in both areas offer ?green? alternative electricity programs for a few cents more per kilowatt hour, Gore hasn?t signed up for one.
Author Peter Schweizer writes that Gore?s office confirmed this last week, but said the Gores are now looking into switching utility offerings. Just now? How convenient.
Perhaps Gore was too busy cashing his oil company dividends to make the switch to all things green? That?s right. Gore?s family owns a great deal of stock in Occidental Petroleum, one of those big, bad oil companies that has been accused of drilling in sensitive areas.
