Posted on 07/24/2006 11:52:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gore: Take Personal Responsibility To Stem Crisis
POSTED: 2:27 pm EDT July 24, 2006 UPDATED: 2:30 pm EDT July 24, 2006
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. -- Former Vice President Al Gore said his conscience is regularly challenged by a consumerism that contributes to the global warming he has made it his mission to reverse.
"It is so hard for those of us who want to live according to our values," Gore said Monday at the Chautauqua Institution, during the latest of countless lectures he has given on the topic.
"We're embedded in a culture that makes it so easy to just go with the flow and support a pattern that's horribly destructive," he said. "And so we need to address this personally."
For Gore, it was a return visit to the western New York think tank used by former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, for debate preparation during campaigns. Gore lectured on global warming here in 1990.
Since then, the consensus that the planet is in crisis has grown stronger, he said, and the ability to make the point is not cluttered by campaign issues like the economy and health care.
"This is by far the most serious challenge that we face or have ever faced," he said during the 90-minute appearance. "None of the other ones will matter if we don't get this right."
Later, Gore planned to sign copies of his book, "An Inconvenient Truth." The related documentary film was being shown on campus.
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Well, he and all other life-forms are based on carbon, so does that mean he will cease to exist?
(Reminder. Be very careful if the clerk asks, "Paper or plastic?" when you get to the cash register at the jewelry store. )
You gotta give the guy credit. He's doing his best to save this planet....while living on another.
Really, now. This tool's "Carbon Footprint" wouldn't be so huge if he hadn't published any books, jetting here, there and everywhere to exhale even more CO2 to promote those books and films. I expect he'll be adopting an entire village in Honduras so he can spread out his energy usage quota evenly. A total Bozo and typical Dummyrat.
"Carbon neutral" my ass.
AlGore: "I'm rich and green: I pay an extra fee so I can pollute like hell."
When Gore can REALLY live a "carbon neutral lifestyle" instead of buying carbon credits from others then maybe I'll listen.
First he needs to stop flying around the world on jets burning tons of fossil fuels, or at the very least power the engines himself by running real fast on a tradmill. And he could have himself genetically altered to have chloroplasts in his cells so he can utilize photosynthesis for his personal energy needs.
Gore is a waste of perfectly good CO2!
"Alpha males" love carbon. Gore never learns from his mistakes.
"Yep, he's waiting to exhale..."
Always knew he was a blowhard..
Sure it is, it's just an isotpoe of hydrogen, extra neutron and all that.
You're right -- I'll be the media would have a real story about Algore's hypocrisy if they ever looked into his REAL lifestyle. But they won't -- they are fellow travelers who would never undercut their own cause.
["Carbon neutral" is the biggest scam since "oil for food". Basically you give money to third world politician, who then pockets it but claim he will do something good, like protect the rain forest or some other BS...]
You've hit the nail..ON...THE...HEAD!
If he really wants to do something about carbon-caused global warming, he should advocate increased production of nuclear energy. I've been doing it for years and feel really good about myself.
All this eco nonsense and lecturing from a guy who grew up in the comfort of a Washington DC hotel. Owl Gore.
As soon as Algore stops wasting oxygen, I wil consider his position on things.
Great stuff! Thanks for "remembering" these quotes.
Cordially,
On the mineral hardness scale, Gore's basic make up is talc.
I'm pro-carbon myself; admittedly, it's hard not to be biased when one is carbon-based.
I believe it is more accurate to refer to an isotope as a particular form of an element.
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