Gore vs. .the environment

[lizbud]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060613/...onment_gore_dc

Maybe the former VP could use the money and train 1000 scientists instead?

Oops, that might actually be doing something other than making a political statement.

I can think of worst ways to spend your time & any influence one may have.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Well, it may not be the most effective way to combat environmental issues, but at least he is doing something positive and using his own money instead of using trillions of tax dollars to fund a war....

[Lady's Human]

I sincerely doubt the former VP is spending his own personal money, more likely he is spending money that his foundation has accumulated from donations.

I find it exceedingly odd that a person who cares so much for the environment jets around in his personal jet aircraft, burning thousands of gallons of fuel for each trip, instead of taking a commercial flight which would reduce the pollutants produced. It falls in the same vein as the Senator behing vehemently anti-tobacco during campaigns while he was raking in money from his family tobacco farms.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Gore is not exactly a Johnny come lately to the environmental cause.

I find it exceedinlgly odd that famous people are criticized for doing something for good as frequently as they are criticized for not doing anything for good.

But, of course...only if the criticizer disagrees! I often wonder....jealousy? envy?

[elizabethann]

I sincerely doubt the former VP is spending his own personal money, more likely he is spending money that his foundation has accumulated from donations.

I find it exceedingly odd that a person who cares so much for the environment jets around in his personal jet aircraft, burning thousands of gallons of fuel for each trip, instead of taking a commercial flight which would reduce the pollutants produced. It falls in the same vein as the Senator behing vehemently anti-tobacco during campaigns while he was raking in money from his family tobacco farms.

Actually, he was quoted as saying one of the reasons he developed his new movie, Inconvenient Truth, is because he wouldn't have to fly everywhere to discuss environmental issues and wasting fuel with his personal jet.

[Lady's Human]

Actually, he was quoted as saying one of the reasons he developed his new movie, Inconvenient Truth, is because he wouldn't have to fly everywhere to discuss environmental issues and wasting fuel with his personal jet.

Yet he continues to fly his private jet all over the world.

[Lady's Human]

This article explains the debate about global warming, and states frustrations with the media's presentation of the issue very well.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm

There IS debate within scientific circles about global warming, and it's not just a lunatic fringe who disagrees with the popular view of the issue.

[BOBS DAD]

I Find It Hard To Criticize Anyone Who Is Honestly Trying To Make A Positive Difference In The World, Irregardless Of Whether I Agree With Their Own Personal Cause. It's Easy To Have An Opinion On A Variety Of Social Issues, But A Lot Harder To Actually Act Upon It! Give Gore Some Credit And Everyone Else Who Is Trying To Make The Climate Stable, The Environment Cleaner Or Just A Better Overall World.