Oldie but goodie: Yet another example of Al Gore "killing" the planet in order to "save" it, this time in Saskatchewan, Canada:
Inside the Brandt Centre, he may have been preaching his "Inconvenient Truth".
But, the truth of the matter is, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore travels in style, when he goes from place-to-place to explain how people need to take care of the environment.
Take for instead, his mode of both, air and ground transportation. Since Gore only travels in hybrid vehicles, the Lexus that got him from the airport to the Brandt Centre was just that -- an $80,000 hybrid.
Turning now to the air, with the fuel Gore's private plane used for this trip, you could probably take your vehicle and travel back and forth between Vancouver and Halifax about four-and-a-half times.
Gore chartered a Falcon 200, a twin-engine jet that seats nine. The distance travelled between Nashville, Regina, over to Calgary for an event Monday night, and then home to Nashville, totals more than 4,500 kilometres..
According to local aviation experts, the Falcon 200 burns about 215 imperial gallons of fuel per hour. Based on distance and expected flying time, about 1,800 gallons of fuel will be used.
We're basing the comparison on the travel to a vehicle with a 60-litre tank, that can travel about 400 kilometres without having to re-fuel.
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Well I don't think we have
November 19, 2007 - 11:27 ET by GordmanWell I don't think we have to consider things this way, Al Gore is a diplomat and his presence is needed in many places, sometimes time is to short and I think this is a reasonable explanation for him making this travel. I appreciate Lexus very much and I am looking forward to see more brands having the same or a better initiative concerning the environmental protection. I think that expensive cars are heading to that...
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but that's ok because he's bu
April 24, 2007 - 21:43 ET by Conservative in the Artsbut that's ok because he's buying carbon offsets from himself.
I'm waiting for the phone to ring from all the media wanting to interview me as the world's best "green" person because I just bought 2 trillion carbon offsets for the high price of 500 billion, from myself!
So Algore's "offsets&q
April 25, 2007 - 05:18 ET by motherbeltSo Algore's "offsets" from his own company encourage lower energy use...by "others" of course, not "important people" like himself. What a hypocrite. If he really believed his own preaching, he would use less energy as a matter of principle. But hey, sacrifice is for the "little people."
If Gore REALLY cared he would
April 24, 2007 - 21:53 ET by Peter LVIf Gore REALLY cared he would do a webcast from his home so people wouldn't have to drive to see him and he wouldn't have to fly to get there.Oh, I forgot...he's above all of us..."do as I say, not as I do".
Al travels
April 24, 2007 - 22:21 ET by andycanuckBTW, the Imperial gallon is larger than a U.S. gallon -- 4.6 liters contrasted with 3.8 liters -- so Al used even more of the gallons that you guys are used to than the report reads.
And here's what Jet A costs p
April 24, 2007 - 22:54 ET by SumricaAnd here's what Jet A costs per US Gallon...CLICK
Just with 1800. That &^$%
April 24, 2007 - 23:14 ET by danboJust with 1800. That &^$%!%^&$% used more fuel in that one trip than I use in a year. And he has the gonads to lecture us on being self centered...
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
To think that this man came w
April 24, 2007 - 23:23 ET by newstalkmachine1800 imperial gallons (5 quar
April 25, 2007 - 12:28 ET by dscott1800 imperial gallons (5 quarts/gallon) equals 2160 US gallons (4 quarts/gallon). That's 2160 gallons: ONE TRIP! That's twice as much gas as I and my wife consume driving separate cars to work for an entire year!!!! And how many trips a year does the planet saving Dr. Al Gore take??
Now multiply that by all the other celebs and politicians who fly around in private jets and one quickly realizes that the total consumption of us average Americans using cars is probably equaled by their consumption using planes. Just like electricity use, the rich and famous who are a distinct minority of the population use as much as the rest of us combined living their unsustanable lifestyles. But yet, we the average Americans are at fault for consuming the planet. Ok, let's just solve this problem here and now, Excess Energy Consumption Tax on Dr. Al Gore and all his buddies.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius
How about an easy start. Ban
April 25, 2007 - 12:45 ET by danboHow about an easy start. Ban the usage of fuel for private jets.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
These 5 verses nail Al Gore
April 25, 2007 - 04:54 ET by stanleygoodspeedThese 5 verses nail Al Gore down pretty good ...
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers [praters, blowhards, windbags] also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Titus 1:10-11
(10) For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake [for money gained by dishonest means].
1 Timothy 4:2
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
So the (soon to be) Dr. Gore
April 25, 2007 - 09:03 ET by Dave RSo the (soon to be) Dr. Gore is taking his dog & pony show to the Great White North.
Good mix, I'd say.
After all, Canada is basically a nation of boring white people. Al is about one of the most boring white people there is.
Now, if somehow he could just be convinced to stay there.
This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.- Neal Boortz.
Al Gore in Canada
April 25, 2007 - 17:56 ET by Mike From CanmoreDave R:
Don't you leave him up here. We've got more then our our fair share of looney lefties to deal with. Don't need him too. Good ol' US of A created him. You get him back!
Actually, I'm not that worried about him staying. There is no way he'd stay up here with our taxes.