This isn’t the main reason I think that man-made global warming is garbage science, but it certainly helps. The people who preach about it the loudest demonstrate daily that they don’t believe what they say, and behave as though it’s all a big joke – in between spittle-flecked diatribes demanding that if we proles care about the earth, we’d Do Something Right NOW!!!1!eleventy!!1!.
Gore’s call to arms is typical of his environmental conduct: asking others to do what he himself wouldn’t — sacrifice. His massive carbon footprint, his frequent use of private jets, and his inflated electricity bill — more than 20 times the national average — have all been widely reported. Calling for young climate activists to engage in unlawful, albeit non-violent, action takes the hypocrisy to a whole new level. Unlike the symbol of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi, who led millions of freedom seekers and who spent years in prison for his convictions — Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times but was never awarded — or civil rights activists who through their personal sacrifice won equality for blacks in South Africa and the U.S., Gore prefers to send young activists to chain themselves to bulldozers and potentially spend their best months, if not years, in prison while he himself continues to tour the world and attend carbon-neutral Hollywood parties.
It’s a disgrace. Glenn Reynolds said it very concisely: “I’ll believe it’s a crisis when the people who say it’s a crisis start acting like it’s a crisis.”
Added: What would Gore do if he really believed in what he preaches? He’d have a house like George Bush’s ranch instead of buying indulgences for his carbon sins. He’d do webcasts instead of hopping into the private jet. Rather than condemning third world countries to crushing poverty or polluting energy sources (try taking a deep breath in Beijing; you’ll hack up a lung in short order), he’d start a charity to help this guy teach people to build windmills that provide the power to change their lives. If he cared as much as he claims about a problem he insists is terribly serious, he’d act very differently.
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