[Vision2020] Al Gore wins an Oscar for...

[Debbie Gray]

Dan, you're not convinced of global warming or you're
not convinced that Al Gore is offsetting his power
consumption/etc by purchasing CO2 reductions? 

CO2 reductions are a very innovative way to reduce CO2
outputs OVERALL. Whether he does it by using
solar/wind power and lives totally off the grid OR by
purchasing CO2 reductions, the net reduction in CO2
outputs is the same. 

How is this hypocritical?  And how does it change his
message?  Should we all just give up and not make an
effort because none of us will ever truly be Nox, Sox
and Cox neutral? (And no i don't mean BoSox or ChiSox)

debbie gray


--- Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:

> I'm sorry, but I'm still not convinced.  Gore's
> being a tad hypocritical
> with his "do as I say, not as I do" message.  I've
> read where many large
> corporations go for this "carbon neutral" philosophy
> by "purchasing
> verfiable reductions in CO2 elsewhere", but they are
> criticized for
> doing such rather than creating(?) their own CO2
> reductions. (creating
> reductions -- talk about an oxymoron!)
> 
> I know Gore's passionate about his message, but I'd
> tend to believe him
> more -- and I think his message would carry more
> weight -- if he lived
> like Mark Solomon or Ted Moffett.  I'm not saying I
> agree 100% with Ted
> and Mark, but at least they're not hypocrites.
> 
> . . . unless Mark's got a coal-fired power plant up
> on the mountain and
> Ted's using inordinate amounts of hair spray!  
> 
> At least I've never seen either of them in an SUV.

> 



 
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