Gore refuses to take Personal Energy Ethics Pledge
Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, during today’s global warming hearing. Senator Inhofe showed Gore a film frame from “An Inconvenient Truth” where it asks viewers: “Are you ready to change the way you live?” Gore has been criticized for excessive domestic energy consumption.
At yesterday's Senate hearing on global warming Senator James Inhofe put a pledge before Gore based entirely on Gore's own moral demands for others to cut their domestic consumption. Gore refused to accept the pledge. And right here is where you can watch as he is asked to live as he asks others to live. Here is what he refused to subscribe to:
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 09:01AM
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Peter C Glover
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For shame, Mr. Gore. FOR SHAME! It's because of people like YOU that years and years of climatological evidence are automatically falsified, via the ad hominem rule of all sound science.
It seems obvious to me that this is a device statement, because it is asking Gore to say that he believes all these things. Maybe he doesn't agree exactly with every one of these stated beliefs. At any rate, I really appreciate the skepticism and questioning here, but Gore doesn't seem to present ideas or solutions this simply, so it isn't strange for him to refuse to sign such a simplistic statement.
Oops, meant "divisive" not "device"
It starts as "As a believer", i'm no fan of Al Gore and am a climate change skeptic but i would never sihn my sefl up to something starting with "As a believer" because it sounds like a pseudo-religious creed.