Global Warming Swindle

Don't know if after you saw the story on Gore's energy hog mansion you saw the other one on Gore's Hollywood friends receiving carbon credits in their official Oscar goodie bags:

This year's Oscar goodie bag contained gift certificates representing 100,000 pounds of greenhouse gas reductions from TerraPass, which describes itself as a "carbon offset retailer." The 100,000 pounds "are enough to balance out an average year in the life of an Academy Award presenter," a press release from TerraPass asserts. "For example, 100,000 pounds is the total amount of carbon dioxide created by 20,000 miles of driving, 40,000 miles on commercial airlines, 20 hours in a private jet and a large house in Los Angeles.

Like the plenary indulgences that seemed to sanction sin, these credits are an invitation to excess.

But someone has emerged as a scold on the porkiness of the pampered people---PETA. Yes, they suggest St. Al should go vegan.

But Al has more on his plate than PETA, new global warming skeptics have emerged. A French scientist, an early supporter, has flipped:

With a wealth of data now in, Dr. Allegre has recanted his views. To his surprise, the many climate models and studies failed dismally in establishing a man-made cause of catastrophic global warming.

And there is a competing narrative out to Al's opus. It's called, "The Great Global Warming Swindle". It airs on UK TV tomorrow and I imagine will migrate over here. Sweet.

But just to make your blood boil, here's Al's Oscar-winning song one more time:)


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