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Originally Posted by Burninator
Yeah and until you play in the NHL I don't really care to listen to what you have to say about the Flames.
I don't really understand all this venom being spit about Al Gore. He made a bigger lifestyle change than anyone on this board. He is devoting all his time and money promoting awareness to global warming. That's certainly more impact than I could ever do with buying light bulbs and recycling my beer cans. He does a lot of travelling and a lot of speeches and meeting with dignitaries. And an unfortunate side effect is that he using more power than the average person. But his influence to helping the environment is far greater than the average person. I don't understand how he is suppose to do his job and not have the same footprint that he is making now. And at least he is offsetting his pollution, unlike the majority of the people out there.
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No, he hasn't made a bigger lifestyle change than I have. I said it before, I like it that he's brought the issue of climate change to the forefront. But living in his mansion, travelling on planes, taking convoys of large SUVs to his little speeches makes him a hypocrite. As an example, he could very easily do his presentations from his home, getting a TV feed instead of jet setting around the continent.
I cycle to work 12 months of the year. The days I don't ride (in the last 6 months, I've taken the bus twice), I take the bus. Our family got rid of the second vehicle and drive a fuel efficient 4 cylinder car. We reuse and recycle. And I'll put my carbon footprint up against Gore's any day of the week.