Chan
05-22-2007, 02:09 PM
"When Al Gore faced attacks earlier this year over how much energy is used to power his 10,000-square foot home, the vice president-turned-global warming guru offered an increasingly common defense.
Gore may indulge in some of life’s luxuries, but a spokeswoman told The Associated Press that Gore still maintains a 'carbon-neutral' lifestyle. That's thanks to a mixture of conservation and carbon offsets — a voluntary system in which people pay money toward renewable energy projects as a way to counterbalance their use of more traditional, and polluting, energy sources."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18659716/
So by donating millions of dollars to renewable energy projects, Al Gore is living a carbon-neutral lifestyle as he maintains his 10,000 square-foot mansion and drives an SUV. Only in Orwellian newspeak does that make even the least bit of sense!
Gore may indulge in some of life’s luxuries, but a spokeswoman told The Associated Press that Gore still maintains a 'carbon-neutral' lifestyle. That's thanks to a mixture of conservation and carbon offsets — a voluntary system in which people pay money toward renewable energy projects as a way to counterbalance their use of more traditional, and polluting, energy sources."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18659716/
So by donating millions of dollars to renewable energy projects, Al Gore is living a carbon-neutral lifestyle as he maintains his 10,000 square-foot mansion and drives an SUV. Only in Orwellian newspeak does that make even the least bit of sense!