Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Is Al Gore green or others Green with envy?

Gore subsidizes renewable energy: spokeswoman for Al Gore said after he went under an attack from Drew Johnson, the president of the think tank, Tennessee Center for Policy Research, which researches public policy issues.

My question is why Drew's think tank waited for such a long time, the movie was produced in 2005. Is it jealousy or political meddling ? I don't know. If I was in Drew's team I would have published more data. So far I only hear that AP (associated Press) has seen some bills and the figures do not match. Read the AP article to ge some information.
That said, if Gore is consuming energy more than others? Why Gore?
If this was the truth why only after an Oscar Drew?
But the inconvenient truth stands, let's ge to gether and fix it!
Another question is since Johnson said his group got its figures from Nashville Electric Service. But company spokeswoman Laurie Parker told the Associated Press the utility never got a request from the policy centre and never gave it any information.

Here is a part of the statement from a spokesperson for Al Gore;
"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," said Kalee Kreider.

She said Gore subsidizes renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power and methane gas to balance 100 per cent of his electricity costs.

She said Gore participates in a utility program that lets people buy blocks of "green power" for $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 blocks a month, the equivalent of 16,200 kilowatt hours.

The Gore home is also under renovation to add solar panels, Kreider said.

"For every ton of carbon they emit, [Gore] offsets that by doing investments in renewable energy sources," Kreider said.

But Drew Johnson said this is not enough.

"In general, I applaud his efforts to reduce energy consumption, but if he is going to be a spokesman for global warming, he has to be willing to make the same sacrifices," Johnson said.

Links;
Associated Press release on Al Gore
An Inconvenient Truth

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