Gore's new boat called 'Prius of boats'

WKRN.com ^ | 8/5/08 | WKRN.com

[melt]

Al Gore has a new boat and even it is green.

The boat is docked at Hurricane Marina on Center Hill Lake in Smithville, about 70 miles east of Nashville.

While it doesn't have solar panels yet, a spokesperson at Gore's office told News 2 they are scheduled to be installed Wednesday.

The boat is named Bio-Solar One and has been called the "Toyota Prius of boats"...

[melt]

Al Gore's latest invention deserves a "Nobel Peace Prius"...

[chaos_5]

I hope it sinks.

[Texas Eagle]

LOL! Classic!

T. Boone Pickens would be proud.

[Patrick1]

Gore has invented the sailboat!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

How about.....just don’t have a boat, Al. No chance you’ll pollute or waste energy that way.

[chaos_5]

Judging by this little pick, its no little econo boat.

[1rudeboy]

The Prius of boats is a sail boat. Don’t even try to prove otherwise.

[lesser_satan]

I saw the pic. It appears to be at least 60 feet, and I guarantee you it has a carbon-footprint several orders of magnitude larger than my gas-powered Baja regardless of the solar panels and “alternative fuels”.

[Texas Eagle]

The boat is named Bio-Solar One and has been called the "Toyota Prius of boats", reportedly so efficient it only needs to be filled up with fuel once a year

So the B.S. One only needs to be fueled once a year. Big whoop. We gots aircraft carriers and submarines that only need to be fueled once every 50 years.

[SamAdams76]

Hopefully he and his wife don’t stand on the same side or they might Tipper over.

[lesser_satan]

At second glance, probably more like 80 feet.

[TheZMan]

The keyword in the article is the word “even”. That is to imply that everything else about dummy here is as pure as the wind-driven snow, which it aint.

[billhilly]

It just gets better.

[Lawgvr1955]

A dork with a dork boat IMHO. Wonder if he will use it to hunt Manbearpig.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder where someone who spent his life as a “public servant” got the money to buy something like this? I really screwed up spending my life working for a living.

[lesser_satan]

And it probably holds 5000 gallons.

[Liberty1970]

What a lame stunt. If he were really serious about ‘saving’ the environment, he’d forgo such ostentatious luxuries like the rest of us. Sheeeesh....

[scrabblehack]

Solar panels don’t make very good sails though...maybe it should have sails as well. That way if it’s cloudy there might be some wind.

[DainBramage]

Gore's new boat called 'Priapism of boats'

[indcons]

Folks, Algore's BS-1 (that's the real name) is an energy hog. Take a look at this latest bit of hypocrisy.

[mylife]

"Only needs filled up once a year"

I call BS!

[PajamaTruthMafia]

[Texas Eagle]

When you see them side-by-side, the B.S. One looks just a mite larger than a Prius.

[Lawgvr1955]

I imagine he wrote off the whole purchase as a business expense for his global warming scam. And I guess that is a Jetson solar powered jet ski on the back.

[billhilly]

Big Al is going to find out soon why doublewides are called toronado targets. Of course, global warming made him do it.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Looks like the “GW gig” pays pretty good

[Texas Eagle]

I’m sure that jet-ski (yeah, yeah, I know the new word is “personal water craft”) is solar powered.

[dhs12345]

Okay, can't resist — Bipolar One.

How much you wanna bet that he doesn't even hook up the solar panels. He'll just haul them around the world and show off how green he is.

[ataDude]

I second the call!

[Wacka]

Why doesn’t he get a rowboat. it would also yap a vast unused source of energy: Al Gores body fat!

[Vince Ferrer]

It looks like he could fit a hundred of his fellow eco-saints at a time, relaxing under the shade of the solar panels. Of course, those hundred would have to get their own transportation to the lake, which is 70 miles from Nashville. And I bet not all of his friends are in Nashville, either. They are probably all over the world, he's a Nobel Prize winner you know, and they would have to fly over on their personal jets to Nashville in order to huddle under his solar panels.

Subtract the friends who would only ride on his boat as holograms, though, so there's some savings.

[bossmechanic]

Stop the comments! I hurt myself laughing. I am like so glad people like you exist. There is hope.

[Doohickey]

Right. It’s going to be rusted to the pier on shore power the other 364.

[mylife]

Welcome to FR!

[dhs12345]

Now that is a disgusting picture.

[Doohickey]

How topheavy is that tub going to be with enough solar panels to power that behemoth?

[BunnySlippers]

Good one! :)

[dhs12345]

A new Freeper. Welcome!

[Texas Eagle]

This is amazing. Even The Secret Service chase boats are going to be "green".

[theymakemesick]

Al Gore has a new boat and even it is green.

EVEN it's green like the Gulfstream he flies around in, the limos he rides around in, the house with the $30,000 annual electricity bill? Green like those?

The contempt if feel for that PoS is indescribable

[girlangler]

Dang!!!

I’ve stayed in boats like this (never owned one).

Talk about methane gas, when a lot of people use the toilets, the smell will run you out of it (from the overflow, which flows in the lake at some point). That is, unless you have some special status, and your septic tank gets pumped out several times a day.

Of course, you’d have to be a VSP, a “star” to get this kind of treatment.

I feel sorry for the Secret Service personnel that have to travel with Gore. Maybe they get a few hours off to throw a popping bug at the numerous bluegill that hang around docks. I wouldn’t eat them, though. But they are fun to catch, and release.

BTW billhilly, the boat is not on the lake I thought. But, it is on your way home. Perhaps we should meet in middle TN, and hang out with some good people over there.

I’ll freepmail you about this later.

[RichInOC]

I’d rather have a Cigarette, the Priapus of boats.

[ninergold3]

I notice that the article doesn’t mention the type of boat that it is or who makes it. Can’t fact check something without the facts. . .

[Ramius]

Only needs fueled once a year?

HELLLLOOO... it’s a lake boat in freaking Tennessee. How far can it possibly go? It’s not like he’s gonna drive it to Havana or something. He’s probably on it what... a few weekends out of the summer? And then, how many times does he even bother to leave the dock?

The Queen Mary is very fuel-efficient too. Lately.

[SuziQ]

Even more conspicuous consumption on the part of Algore.

[Kickass Conservative]

“Only needs filled up once a year”

If I only drive my car 300 miles a year, I would only have to fill it up once. Liberal logic.

Just like when Al Gore flies all over the world adding to Global Warming because his mere presence in far off lands will reduce Global Warming. Self importance is the crux of liberalism. They are better than everyone else, therefore their beliefs mean more than everyone else's.

[onedoug]

His boat?

[Foolsgold]

Using the Nuclear power to make his bio-boat go, algore could offset the 10% increase after GREEN in his home, I use the Internet he invented, I have found that nukes are safe and make power, and we have lots of oil here

If you are tired of paying high prices for fuel, These 2 people as "leaders" of congress, Are blocking the vote from coming to the floor. We need to send Mail, good old snail mail, mountains of it, so when they return in September the voice of the people will be heard.
Please send this to all in your email list.

             
Cut fuel prices Drill 4 oil now

[dighton]

How about.....just don’t have a boat, Al.

Dead on.

He can’t or won’t tell want from need, and Mother Gaia be damned.

[popdonnelly]

Looks like the Staten Island ferry. Anyone who thinks this enormous thing is saving the environment is a fool.