Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The "hypocrisy trifecta"
Al Gore really is a piece of work.
Regular readers know that we've recently built a reasonably large house (although quite a bit smaller than Gore's), and that we're putting in photovoltaics to offset some of our energy consumption. We had a party a couple of months ago, and one of our guests approved, saying "it's the right thing to do." My response was that solar energy is interesting and cool, but if you believe in AGW the "right thing to do was not to build the house in the first place." My guest smiled wanly. It later occurred to me that her house was probably larger than ours. Oops.
CWCID: Glenn Reynolds.
17 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Aug 06, 04:06:00 PM:
B.S. One.
Can't argue with that.
By , at
Wed Aug 06, 05:39:00 PM:
At least he'll have someplace to stay if he gets tired of the three non-floating houses.
By 
Buford Gooch, at
Wed Aug 06, 07:57:00 PM:
Based on his size, Gore should now be able to compete with cows in flatulence emissions adding to AGW.
By Purple Avenger, at
Wed Aug 06, 08:11:00 PM:
"right thing to do was not to build the house in the first place"
Piffle. You just sequestered a bunch of carbon in the form of lumber ;->
By pst314, at
Wed Aug 06, 08:43:00 PM:
Given what a bullying hypocrite Gore is, he should name his barge "Matthew 23":
"...but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
...
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
...
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."
By Dan Collins, at
Wed Aug 06, 08:50:00 PM:
Really, it would make more sense for John Edwards to get one of those.
By , at
Wed Aug 06, 09:22:00 PM:
Yeah, yeah I empathize/agree with the anecdote of Gore and the neighbor with the bigger house, but isn't the honest logic of this boil down to: 'the harm I do is OK as long as it is less harm than someone els does'??!
Sorry, doesn't sound whole to me.....
By Purple Avenger, at
Wed Aug 06, 09:29:00 PM:
Sorry, doesn't sound whole to me...
And your justification for not living a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in a gaia-friendly mud hut, is precisely what?
By , at
Wed Aug 06, 10:03:00 PM:
RE: 'And your justification for not living a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in a gaia-friendly mud hut, is precisely what?'
The justification, Stupid Avenger, is that I didn't write a sanctimonious 'green' blog comment claiming I built a "big house' and then try to justify it by saying Gore's and the neighbors were worse. It's about the irony of so many people - even the 'critics' - having it both ways. But that's probably too subtle for your 'avenging' ways....
By Dawnfire82, at
Wed Aug 06, 10:47:00 PM:
"The justification, Stupid Avenger, is that I didn't write a sanctimonious 'green' blog comment claiming I built a "big house' and then try to justify it by saying Gore's and the neighbors were worse."
Isn't that setting the bar even lower?
Sanctimonious green blog... haha!
By Purple Avenger, at
Wed Aug 06, 10:51:00 PM:
But that's probably too subtle for your 'avenging' ways...
Subtle? No.
Incoherent? Yes.
By JorgXMcKie, at
Wed Aug 06, 11:03:00 PM:
Ha!! Wait until everyone finds out BigAl wants to waterski behind that puppy. I can just see it now. Bow about 10 feet out of the water, roaring across the lake, using only a few hundred gallons of diesel per hour.
By , at
Wed Aug 06, 11:11:00 PM:
The justification, Stupid Avenger, is that I didn't write a sanctimonious 'green' blog comment claiming I built a "big house' and then try to justify it by saying Gore's and the neighbors were worse.
Justify it? Where do you get that? Tigerhawk simply described photovoltaics as "interesting and cool". He didn't say he was installing them because he believed in AGW and he wanted to mitigate his impact on the environment. It was his guest who thought solar power was "the right thing to do".
The "honest logic" doesn't boil down to a question of how much harm is being done if one doesn't buy the premise of the argument. We all know what Gore says about AGW. His problem is there's a big disconnect between what he says he believes and what he does. And whether you like it or not, the rest of us get to notice his hypocrisy.
By , at
Thu Aug 07, 12:24:00 AM:
Perhaps he truly believes what he's preaching (i.e., ocean levels rising) and is acting accordingly (i.e., buying a home that will never be flooded) before prices on these things skyrocket.
By , at
Thu Aug 07, 01:35:00 AM:
God said to Al- Build Me an Ark! Make that a 100 foot house boat with a jet ski on the back.
And it was good.
By , at
Thu Aug 07, 07:50:00 AM:
I asked an enviro-fanatic buddy why Al Gore is spending $300M on the "WE" advertising campaign instead of R&D, and my buddy said it's probably because Gore doesn't think his $300M could buy any effective technology. So, instead, he's spending it to manipulate the least educated and most gullible among the voters so that they can elect legislators who will enforce the new religion. Now, isn't that "liberal" of him?
By , at
Thu Aug 07, 11:37:00 AM:
I will worry about the environment when I can live like John Kerry, five mansions for two people heated/airconditioned and lit simultaneously. Fly everywhere on a private jet, and have a boat named SCARAMOUCHE that burns fuel at a rate of 70 (yes I said seventy) gallons an hour while writing books instructing we lesser folks on what kind of lightbulbs we should use. Now that is real hypocracy.
