Global awareness so-called revolutionist continues
with a life disguised as one who cares for his environment, all the while
living not how he preaches.
I have never been an Al Gore fan. Even when I was
young, naïve and brainwashed into being a Clinton fan, I never felt a
connection to Al Gore.
I have been amazed over the years since he left
office, how popular he has become. He has rocked with stars promoting his green
life style and global warming platform. Recently, people sat waiting for his
endorsement of Obama. He has become an every day figure in the news. It is
amazing to me. He isn’t that charismatic of a person. His cause is debatable
with many scientist now saying there is no global warming taking place, yet he is
still the person America seems to go to listen on how to live or “go green."
Recently when I cam across this article about Al
Gore’s own consumption of energy, I have to admit I was interested. According
to FoxNews, last year the Tennessee Center for Policy Research reported that
Gore’s Nashville mansion consumed more than 20 times the electricity than the
national average. Last August, the Gore mansion burned more than twice the
electricity in a single month as the average American family uses in an entire
year. Gore’s heated pool house alone uses more than $500 in electricity every
month.
This year the news is no different. In fact, it is
reported that the Gores have increased their electricity consumption by ten
percent. Seriously?
The response from the Gore last year was that the
family has taken steps to reduce their use. He stated his family "has
taken numerous steps to reduce the carbon footprint of their private residence,
including signing up for 100 percent green power ?, installing solar panels and
using compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy-saving technology."
Yet a ten percent increase? Hmm-does that mean
solar panels aren’t conserving energy? Or is it possible that despite these
steps, Gore is actually using more than he is conserving?
Gore has created a money powerhouse. I think he is
the biggest hypocrite in America. As long as he continues to promote this type
of lifestyle that he himself does not live, he rakes in the cash.
FoxNews reports that he has made over $100 million
since leaving public office in 2001. It certainly seems like a scam to me when
the man supposedly promoting this lifestyle is banking that much money all the
while modeling a lifestyle of luxury in his own mansion.
The worst part is that Gore views himself as some
sort of revolutionary that is making the world a better place for the future
and that those in the future will remember him as making all these sacrifices
to ensure a better lifestyle.
Can you say full of himself? It all seems a little
too fishy to me. You know if the environment and actions that we take our
destroying the world, then yes, I think steps need to be taken. But for the
person to take credit for making these changes to sit in his mansion raking in
money and using way more energy than I ever did, it just hypocritical.
He is the one that should begin reducing and
modeling what he preaches. I am sure he takes a jet to everyone of the
functions that he rakes in money from as well. Get off the high horse, Gore,
and start practicing what you preach!
To read the FoxNews article with links to Gore’s
latest address and previous years exposes, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369084,00.html
