Al Gore, global warming warrior worrier and supreme-being for the Greenahadeen went to DC yesterday to testify in front of a congressional committee investigating the global warming topic.
Far from his usual Hollywood sycophant crowd, Gore was facing a panel led by skeptic-in-chief James Inhofe, author of the very well documented report "Hot and Cold Media Spin Cycle".
The highlight of the hearing, for me anyway, was when Gore refused to take Inhofe’s ‘Personal Energy Ethics Pledge" which would have limited him to personally using no more energy than the average American household. Now, I do know that this was a little political posturing and a neat little trap to gain some headlines, but its funny nonetheless because Gore’s schtick is that people must change the way they live for the greater benefit of the planet.
Except Al, of course. Gore uses ‘carbon offsets‘ to ‘balance’ his ‘carbon footprint’, which means he pays some cash to either plant a tree somewhere nice or to a person or organization that won’t use energy like he does.
Now, if you happen to think that offsetting is a great idea, here’s a win-win proposition for you:
Let’s say you want to lose some weight, but you really, really want a deep dish pizza with all the toppings $20 can buy. Just send me a 10% offset fee (that’s only $2!) and on the night you munch happily on your pie I won’t eat a pizza with all the toppings. Now your pizza footprint is neutral and you can ease your lard ass into bed knowing that the cheese and pepperoni balance is intact and that the world will admire your insight and general munificence.
If this still makes sense to you, I also have a nice Nevada beach front property for sale, ocean views from every window, just drop me an email and I’ll tell you where to send the cash.
Anyway, I digress. Gore vs. Inhofe is a battle that will continue for a while yet, but it’s nice that there is someone in the US government that is still asking the scientific questions and not falling for the hysterical Inconvenient Truth media circus.
