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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
What if he was paying for the "Green power", like what the C-Train does?
Apparently one of the gifts for Oscar presenters were Carbon Credits equal to the value of how much an average hollywood person generates in a year.
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Which is, for those who didn't read the whole article, exactly what Gore is in fact, doing.
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Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of "green power" for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month, covering 16,200 kilowatt-hours and helping subsidize renewable energy sources.
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Gore's spokesperson goes on to make this point:
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"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said.
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This is nothing but a weak ad hominem attack by a think tank that is running out of ideas. It reeks of desperation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/...fLK9eazbBH2ocA