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RE: Apples and oranges
but he is telling everyone _else_ to reduce carbon emissions.
This is simply a false statement. Repetition doesn't make it more true. The purchase of carbon offsets doesn't (technically) reduce emissions. Yet he would agree that anyone who buys them to offset their carbon footprint is doing the "right" thing - so in what sense is he telling everyone to reduce emissions?
He doesn't buy carbon offsets. They are a free benefit from a company he works/consults for though I have doubts that they actively plant the algae needed to really offset anything.
Well, to paraphrase a "digg-ism" - footnotes or it didn't happen. From what I've seen, he pays almost $500/month extra for green-sourced power, and Paramount (as part of the movie deal) buys carbon offsets for his air travel.
Even assuming the offsets are a "free benefit" from a company, they're still purchased and they're his asset. You're nitpicking.
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RE: Apples and oranges
home of a wealthy man with the vacation home of another.
Gore travels a lot limiting time at home and a documentary explained Bush spends some 92.3% of his time on vacation. Really not a huge stretch, comparable with caveats.
I just got back from a trip where I got 48.8 mpg in a standard gas car. I did it by making reasonable tradeoffs (and no AC which my wife feels is not reasonable.) As a responsible citizen I think these are just a given, you use the resources you have to the best of your ability. I get ticked when I think of how fast my savings get flushed by that kind of extravagance, don't care if it flicked the definitional switch into "hypocritical."
we, as a group
I'll stick with "wrong" and "bad" if it sounds better but he is telling everyone _else_ to reduce carbon emissions.
by buying carbon offsets
He doesn't buy carbon offsets. They are a free benefit from a company he works/consults for though I have doubts that they actively plant the algae needed to really offset anything.
You could compare Al Gores energy useage to a dysfunctional family unit. I should go on about this for a dozen pages. You could even compare it to drug addiction, this would be so interesting it should be covered for some 20 pages. (Sorry, still have flashbacks from reading Earth in the Balance.)
Bush did good here, Gore is in the wrong. If you want a positive liberal example look to Ed Begley Jr. He walks the walk and believes what he says.
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