Gore Refuses To Take Personal Energy Ethics Pledge
GORE REFUSES TO TAKE PERSONAL ENERGY ETHICS PLEDGE
WASHINGTON, DC – Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, during today’s global warming hearing.
Senator James Inhofe R-OK
Senator Inhofe showed Gore a film frame from “An Inconvenient Truth” where it asks viewers: “Are you ready to change the way you live?”
Gore has been criticized for excessive home energy usage at his residence in Tennessee. His electricity usage is reportedly 20 times higher than the average American household.
It has been reported that many of these so-called carbon offset projects would have been done anyway. Also, carbon offset projects such as planting trees can take decades or even a century to sequester the carbon emitted today. So energy usage today results in greenhouse gases remaining in the atmosphere for decades, even with the purchase of so-called carbon offsets.
“There are hundreds of thousands of people who adore you and would follow your example by reducing their energy usage if you did. Don’t give us the run-around on carbon offsets or the gimmicks the wealthy do,” Senator Inhofe told Gore.
“Are you willing to make a commitment here today by taking this pledge to consume no more energy for use in your residence than the average American household by one year from today?” Senator Inhofe asked.
Senator Inhofe then presented Vice President Gore with the following “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge:
As a believer:
·that human-caused global warming is a moral, ethical, and spiritual issue affecting our survival;
·that home energy use is a key component of overall energy use;
·that reducing my fossil fuel-based home energy usage will lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions; and
·that leaders on moral issues should lead by example;
I pledge to consume no more energy for use in my residence than the average American household by March 21, 2008.”
Gore refused to take the pledge.
Global Warming Hoax.WorldPress.Com/James-Inhofe/ Story Here
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Doesnt it figure Gore wouldnt take the pledge to be a more environmentally sound person in his own home? Better be careful Gore, us Okies arent falling for your hysterical theories and unscientific inconvenient lies. And Senator Inhofe R-OK is going to be on your butt constantly until you stop this nonsense and quit throwing the Nation into Mass Hysteria and Panic over something that might not even be taking place! Talk about using a fear tactic, Gore is taking the cake on this. This is like Green Sex! Nitwits!
UPDATE:
Al Gore: The Planet Has a Fever, Needs Doctor
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LOL!!! I think Al Gore has a fever and needs a Dr. or a Straight Jacket!! Al is getting more Looney every day.
WASHINGTON, DC – Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, during today’s global warming hearing.
Senator Inhofe showed Gore a film frame from “An Inconvenient Truth” where it asks viewers: “Are you ready to change the way you live?”
Gore has been criticized for excessive home energy usage at his residence in Tennessee. His electricity usage is reportedly 20 times higher than the average American household.
It has been reported that many of these so-called carbon offset projects would have been done anyway. Also, carbon offset projects such as planting trees can take decades or even a century to sequester the carbon emitted today. So energy usage today results in greenhouse gases remaining in the atmosphere for decades, even with the purchase of so-called carbon offsets.
“There are hundreds of thousands of people who adore you and would follow your example by reducing their energy usage if you did. Don’t give us the run-around on carbon offsets or the gimmicks the wealthy do,” Senator Inhofe told Gore.
“Are you willing to make a commitment here today by taking this pledge to consume no more energy for use in your residence than the average American household by one year from today?” Senator Inhofe asked.
Senator Inhofe then presented Vice President Gore with the following “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge:
As a believer:
·that human-caused global warming is a moral, ethical, and spiritual issue affecting our survival;
·that home energy use is a key component of overall energy use;
·that reducing my fossil fuel-based home energy usage will lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions; and
·that leaders on moral issues should lead by example;
I pledge to consume no more energy for use in my residence than the average American household by March 21, 2008.”
Gore refused to take the pledge.
Global Warming Hoax.WorldPress.Com/James-Inhofe/ Story Here
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Doesnt it figure Gore wouldnt take the pledge to be a more environmentally sound person in his own home? Better be careful Gore, us Okies arent falling for your hysterical theories and unscientific inconvenient lies. And Senator Inhofe R-OK is going to be on your butt constantly until you stop this nonsense and quit throwing the Nation into Mass Hysteria and Panic over something that might not even be taking place! Talk about using a fear tactic, Gore is taking the cake on this. This is like Green Sex! Nitwits!
UPDATE:
Al Gore: The Planet Has a Fever, Needs Doctor
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LOL!!! I think Al Gore has a fever and needs a Dr. or a Straight Jacket!! Al is getting more Looney every day.
Labels: Inconvenient, Lies
posted by Marie's Two Cents | 12:01 AM
23 Comments:
Why can't you look past the messenger?
Climate change is a real problem...check out any university.
MIT, Coulumbia, Stanford...any!
The National Academies of Science agree that there is a change in climate and it is most likely due to greenhouse gases. But don't take my word for it read it for yourself:
http://dels.nas.edu/basc/Climate-HIGH.pdf
and here:
http://www.nap.edu/collections/global_warming/index.html
and here:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
and here:
http://cires.colorado.edu/science/centers/
Senator Inhofe is not a scientist. He a politician with an agenda.
If you had a serious illness and 95% of the doctors treating you told you you would die if you didn't treat it, would you ignore the 95% and listen to the 5% who say they doubt you're sick at all?
If treatment for the disease actually caused you no harm, but ignoring it would, wouldn't you chose to treat the disease?
The National Academies of Science,
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
and Leading and our country's leading institutons(MIT, Stanford, CalTech, etc,) all are on board on this subject.
I hope you are doing alright Mrs. Green. Marie and I were talking about you as promised but in a good way though;-)
algore isn't a scientist he is a politician and we can't take his word for it. algore is not only a politician he is a hypocrite with the same old, same old "do as I say not as I do" message.
Judging from the size of the boiler algore is sporting nowadays he's probably a candidate to participate the bovine methane study. I bet a crock of those baked beans from up Mrs. Green's way would be enough to generate a couple of days worth of power from his exhaust orifice and I don't mean his mouth although he is full of hot air. I don't know how anyone can possibly take algore seriously.
Scientists are not in agreement on what is causing temperature differential but it certainly isn't enough to be so alarmed over. If we had listened to these very same scientists Mrs. Green is pointing too 30 years ago we would have been buying those snorkle parkas and solar furnaces they were selling for the coming ice age they were predicting. I hated those snorkle parkas, ugleeee!!!
Now what" Has algore invested his money into birkenstock sandals and flowered straw hats? All of this is an alarmist money making, power grabbing scam and you all know it and if you don't I can sell you some beachfront real estate up here in the hills of Pennsylvania.
Check out the loon site from the new poster Marie! You'll see what they getting at; tying tax policy to carbon output to become the new socialism. Gosh Lenin and Marx would be proud of these guys that keep comming up with these freedom abolishment scams.
Actually it is quite scary because there will be plenty of sheeple that will follow this mindnumbing march to this newer version of communisim. This is why our founders told us that "freedom requires vigilance". The whole concept they espouse is quite frightening. I guess the guy from Obama's campaign was trying to tell us something with the video of Shillary. "Solient green is people"!!!!!
Senator Inhofe is not a scientist. He a politician with an agenda.
The same thing can be said about Al Gore, as Jennifer mentioned. Of course, Inhofe didn't win an Oscar or be considered for an honorary doctorate, so maybe you can use that as a strike against him and his credibility to speak on climate change. (^_~)
Official reports from such things as the UN IPCC and the National Academy of Sciences are written by bureaucrats, and sometimes what they write is contradictory to conclusions drawn by some of the very scientists who they are citing.
Climate change is happening, as it has happened since the dawn of time. Where's the evidence that there is anything unusual in the temperature change in the last 100 years, that hasn't happened in previous centuries? There's nothing alarming.
And who's to say that the earth's current temperature is the ideal temperature? Some parts of the earth could use a little warming trend.
Calvin,
I am looking past the messenger although the messenger is a complete Moron.
But all the scientific evidence I have seen contradictory to Gore's conclusions are that the Earth tends to cleanse it's own self every several thousand years or so, for instance the Ice Age.
The earth has it's own cleaning mechagnism, and everything that can ever be thrown at this planet, the planet itself will take care of on it's own.
That's the only scientific eveidence I see.
What these people are trying to do is get us all to believe we are in big trouble, the world is coming to an end, and something has to be done about this NOW!! Which is a complete crock of crap.
There is money involved in this. They are going to want us taxpayers to foot the bill for needless research into thousands of investigations into something the earth is going to take care of on it's own anyway.
I dont feel like throwing my money away on this nonsense.
These are the same people that were talking about "Global Freezing" in the '70's. What ever happened to that?
Mrs Green,
For every Supposed scientific piece of evidence out there, there are 20 more that draw the complete opposite conclusion.
The earth has been cleansing itself since the beginning of time. It's going to continue to cleanse itself and all these climate changes are just the beginning of the cleansing of the earth, by the earth.
What agenda could Senator Inhofe possibly have except proving that this whole Global Warming issue is a Hoax perpetuated by the left in order to make money off all this, and spend and waste money (Our Money) needlessly for research on these projects that are a waste of time. Gore was once a Politician too.
Inhofe has been beating the Global Warming Hoax drumb for a long time. You should read the link I provided, it's pretty informative.
I know Gore won Best Documentary or whatever it was, but that was to be expected, since Hollywood is filled to the brim with Liberals, that's why I didnt even bother to watch the awards, I already knew who was going to win, Hollywood is pretty predictable at this point.
What I want to know is when Senator Inhofe asked Gore to make a Personal Energy Ethics Pledge, why didnt Gore take it?
Mrs Green,
By the way, when Jenn and I were talking about you, I informed her about how sick you have been and how we both wished for you to have a full and speedy recovery :-)
I know you will I have faith!
Jenn,
Check out the loon site from the new poster Marie! You'll see what they getting at; tying tax policy to carbon output to become the new socialism. Gosh Lenin and Marx would be proud of these guys that keep comming up with these freedom abolishment scams.
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Where is this poster? Is it on your blog because I was heading over there in a few minutes, but if it isnt let me know where this poster is located I want a good laugh lol.
Jenn,
Oh I just got what you meant DUH me, Calvin?!?!! Damn I'm a Dufuss.
I havent checked him out yet but I will lol.
Word,
What you just wrote reminded me of something Dennis Miller once said:
Miller: "So the earth went up 1 degree over the last 100 years I was a little cold anyway" LOL!!
Jenn,
Just checked him out lol, he's really into this stuff.
I hope and pray there arent nillions out there like that. I know there are thousands but dang!
Soilent Green LOL
This is getting just as bad as Global Orgasm For Peace Day, and Green Sex!
Next thing you know there will be Global Orgasm for Green House Gases Day!
Thanks Marie and Jenn for your good wishes.
I've really been down in the dumps after hearing about Elizabeth Edwards today. I would of course feel that way for any woman who has to face what she's facing.
I just can't seem to get outta this terrible depression. Maybe its survivor guilt.
What Mrs. Edwards has has an average survival rate of 24 to 36 months.
Average.
My sister's husband lived 11 years after being diagnosed with lung cancer--he beat the average.
Maybe Mrs. Edwards can too. I wish no woman had to go through this beastly disease.
I feel like crawling into a hole right now.
"The earth has a fever and needs a doctor" Ccome on Al is that the best you can come up with. The Gorwellian crowd had a great day of worship as their high priest ebtered the Capitol and was greeted as a long lost king.
His message though from what I have read and heard was greeted with much sceptisism. Maybe even the Dems are starting to understand that we are in a natural earth cycle that man did not cause nor can we correct because IT IS NATURAL!!!!!
Mrs Green,
You know I cant stand John Edwards with a passion, but I feel miserable about his wife too. I had a feeling that's what the press conference was going to be about.
I feel really awful for her, living with a disease that is eventually going to take your life is awful. I know I live with one every day. Not as deadly as Cancer but pretty darn serious and deadly in it's own right.
But you HAVE to be optomistic, come to grips with it, realize life is to short and live each day like it may be your last and move on about your life as best you can.
Maybe you do have some survivors guilt but you have to remember you DID survive, you STILL have a life in front of you, and it's a shame alot of other people wont but YOU have to think about YOU PERIOD!!
NO you dont, you dont get to crawl in a hole, and you dont get to feel that way. You have a life, a family, and should start a Cookbook and make some real money!! You are really good at cooking and your Pictures of your dishes look beautiful enough to be published in a cookbook. You have opportunities in your life that alot of other people wont ever get, heck anyone could walk out and get hit by a bus tomorrow, one never knows what God has in store for them.
Pull yourself up, dust yourself off, and get out of this rut young lady!! THAT'S AN ORDER!!!!!
Ken,
I am beginning to think this is some kind of scam to make money off of us in some way.
Especially through our wallets with this needless research and investigations into this crazy aspect of not just any Global Warming but "Manmade Global Warming"
They are trying to scare the crap out of all of us with a threat that may not even be real! And they accused the Republicans of phoney threats about terrorists that WERE real around the 2004 elections and before that.
Talk about the fear factor and not having your priorities straight!!
Global Warming (Possible Hoax)
Terrorist attacks (REAL) Proven on 9-11 and back as far as 1972
I am more interested in protecting our Country from Terrorists than Hot Air floating around in the sky.
I dont litter, and I recycle, what the heck else can I do? I am not going to give into this crazy theory the Democrats are onto now.
They have lost thier minds for real.
Dear Marie,
You and I may not agree with each other's politics, but I do recognize a genuine human being with a big heart and lots of wisdom.
You made me tear up. You're right. I can't be thinking depressing, self-absorbed, feeling-sorry-for-myself thoughts. I have to do what I can with my life, as you said. And I will.
Going through a life-threating illness really shakes a person up. I don't know what you're facing but I'll pray you triumph over it.
Live, because that's why we were given life.
Sometimes, though, it gets really tough, but if you can do it, baby, so can I.
You're great.
Thanks.
I'm gonna go make some rizotto with pancetta and porcini mushrooms and parmesean cheese!
My take on that God-awful Algore smug pic:
http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=TrekMedic251&pid=546805&sid=uNX24qAUW1
Mrs Green,
We are far apart on politics alright but sometimes I think we are closer than either of us think.
Or at least human.
I didnt mean to make you tear up, I just want you to make the most of your life. I'm going to. (I will write and explain to you my problems later).
Life threatening illnesses do make you get down in the dolldrumbs, but after you accept what is going on you have to change your way of thinking and get it together and fight! If you have never been one before it's time you learn how to fight the disease that is trying to take over your life so you control it instead of the other way around. You MUST learn how to control it, it's like an enemy trying to take over your body and you pretty much have to tell it, you arent in control, I AM!!
There is no use in thinking I am sick I am screwed. That just doesnt work anynore.
You HAVE to live Life to the fullest as much as possible because you have other people depending on you and I know it's selfish to think "Well they just dont understand".... but they cant understand, they dont have a clue. All they know is Mom or Grandma is sick and I wish she could spend more time with us.
No more feeling sorry for yourself, it's time to focus on things that interest you the most like cooking and family and stuff. I swear you really could write a cookbook or have a show on the Food network or something because your dishes have beatification as well as presentation, as well as looking very exquisite. Not to mention everyone that sees them would like to reach through the screen and eat them lol.
You have a gift. And maybe that is your calling in life. One never knows unless people point it out to them or they feel it.
Either way yes LIVE!! That is the gift we were given and we have to go on until we cant anymore and hopefully it wont be till 40 years from now .
Your right baby if I can do it anyone can. I know it's tough but we have to keep on truckin and thats it and thats all.
I'm gonna go make some rizotto with pancetta and porcini mushrooms and parmesean cheese!
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Have Mercy, see that's what I'm talkling about, you make me want to reach through the screen and eat it lol. You have a gift in life and you need to spend it on what's important.
It's awful hard I know, but with time it will become easier. I know it doesnt feel that way now but it will.
Sweethart, you will be just fine, it will take time I know but eventually you will be ok.
Just keep cooking lol, and post your pictures so I can get really huungry just looking at them lol.
My dear you are one special person, and trust me you will be happy before you know it. We may disagree on alot of political issues but when it comes to this kind of stuff I back you 100%.
You will be fine I just know it.
And I look forward to see what the heck you whipped up next in your cookbook lol....
Your Dear Friend,
Marie
I don't want to hear anything like that coming from you Mrs. Green. You have your life ahead of you and you can enjoy life as long as you keep a good attitude. I know it's easier said than done but you can do it. You have to much fight in you to just let it get you down. You're going to be OK Mrs. Green! I'm never wrong, just ask me:-)
I can vouch for Jenn, she is NEVER wrong!! :-)
She is right Mrs Green, and so am I, you have TO much fight in you to let anything drag you down.
I know you to well and I know you are just in a depression right now. I was at first too when I learned of my condition, (I will write you and tell you all about it) but I decided I have only one life, and I am going to make the most of it. I have my family that depends on me, grandkids, etc.. and I have to do what I have to do to get though the depression. Like just up and taking off for Washington D.C., getting involved in Poitics, stuff like that.
In your case cooking! And I know you enjoy Politics also so that will ease the depression.
But I'm serious, you really could write a cookbook. You are really good at that, and what beautiful presentations you make in the pictures on your blog.
For all you know, you may wind up on the Food Network lol. Then I could say "I knew her way back when" lol.
I know it's hard at first to get out of that rut that depression, and it hasnt been that long since you were in the hospital so it's to be expected. But if you keep yourself occupied, in no time you will get out of that.
I have faith in you, you're to much of a fighter :-)
Thank you Marie and Jenn for your kind, heart-felt words. You will never know how they affected me at this particular time.
I think we have a lot in common. JUst not politics. I salute the human goodness and decency in both of you.
I'll be leaving on Tuesday for an extended stay with my daughter in California to recover. The sunshine will do me good. I'll keep in touch and post some of my liberal drivel from there. Ha!
Take care both of you.
Mrs. Green, a/k/a JK.
Good for you Mrs Green,
Some new surroundings and seeing your daughter will probably do the trick. Cant hurt :-)
We may not agree on our Politics but I certainly dont want anything more happen to you than already has.
The trip will do you alot of good.
You are truly a wonderful person with alot of life yet to live, you are alright in my book even if your politics are WRONG!!! lol
I will turn you into a Republican yet lol
Have some fun and keep in touch :-)
P.S. I cant find your email address I thought I had saved it but it has dissapeared on me. Please write me again so I can add it to my address book.
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