>FROM CANADA'S NATIONAL POST
>HEAD: Do as Al says, not as Al does
>On Thursday, former U. S. vice-president Al Gore delivered a major address
>calling on his country to abandon all fossil fuels within 10 years. By 2018,
>U. S. electricity and fuel should come entirely from "renewable energy and
>truly clean, carbon-free sources," he said. Tickets to the event encouraged
>attendees to "please use public transit, bicycling or other climate-friendly
>means" to reach the lecture hall.
>So how did Mr. Gore and his retinue arrive? In two Lincoln Town Cars and a
>full-sized SUV that sat idling with the air conditioners blasting while the
>Gore party was inside.
>It was 34 C (93 F) in Washington. Al Gore can't be expected to get into an
>overheated vehicle after he's worked up a sweat telling others how to save
>the planet.
>Remember, too, the Nobel prizewinning environmentalist lives in a Tennessee
>mansion that produces a carbon footprint 20 times that of the average
>American home. A sizeable chunk of his personal fortune comes from royalties
>on a zinc mine which had to be temporarily closed five years ago in part ...

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:32:06 -0400, "Dennis" never.net>
> wrote:

>>FROM CANADA'S NATIONAL POST
>>HEAD: Do as Al says, not as Al does
>>On Thursday, former U. S. vice-president Al Gore delivered a major address
>>calling on his country to abandon all fossil fuels within 10 years. By
>>2018,
>>U. S. electricity and fuel should come entirely from "renewable energy and
>>truly clean, carbon-free sources," he said. Tickets to the event
>>encouraged
>>attendees to "please use public transit, bicycling or other
>>climate-friendly
>>means" to reach the lecture hall.
>>So how did Mr. Gore and his retinue arrive? In two Lincoln Town Cars and a
>>full-sized SUV that sat idling with the air conditioners blasting while
>>the
>>Gore party was inside.
>>It was 34 C (93 F) in Washington. Al Gore can't be expected to get into an ...