How much fossil fuel is Gore gonna burn on this trip to calgary and back? How much fuel will be burned by the people attending...
I understand where he is coming from and dont subscribe to his typical left wing scare tatics, but noone on any side of this debate has come up with a reasonable plan to kick our fossil fuel addiction...
Not only do omissions have to be reduced, but there also has to be an easy ecomomic transition to protect jobs and such...
Still even in the the self proclaimed enviromental city such as Vancouver where i live, there were almost 100,000 new cars on the streets last year . City planners and residents in the 70s didnt want a city that would promote driving but promote transit and bikes ect....boy were they wrong..transit system is sub par and the city is torminted by 12 hr rushhour everywhere in the area
People will bitch all they want about the enviroment and then they all get into there cars and go home..
I ditched more car 5 years ago, and i have been doing fine without it..its not that hard people
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