So why, then, didn’t Gore dump his family’s large stock holdings in Occidental (Oxy) Petroleum? As executor of his family’s trust, over the years Gore has controlled hundreds of thousands of dollars in Oxy stock. Oxy has been mired in controversy over oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas.

Living carbon-neutral apparently doesn’t mean living oil-stock free. Nor does it necessarily mean giving up a mining royalty either.

Humanity might be “sitting on a ticking time bomb,” but Gore’s home in Carthage is sitting on a zinc mine. Gore receives $20,000 a year in royalties from Pasminco Zinc, which operates a zinc concession on his property. Tennessee has cited the company for adding large quantities of barium, iron and zinc to the nearby Caney Fork River.

As Grand Savior of the Planet Earth, I think it behooves Dr. Al Gore that if global warming is as big a threat to humanity as he claims it is, he would earn more credibility by leading by example. Instead, he chooses to live in excess (nothing wrong with that- just the hypocrisy) while telling the rest of us to conserve energy and make changes in our lifestyles to reduce emissions.

President Bush hasn’t set himself up as the eco-savior of the planet. Al Gore has. President Bush hasn’t hyped himself as the savior of the poor. Which America does John Edwards belong in again? When Edwards speaks of conservation and on global warming, it reflects poorly on these do-as-I-say liberals to then turn around and clear a forest in order to make room for his 28,000 square foot home.

I can’t believe that you would defend the hypocrisy. Please tell me again how global warming is all about the science, for you, and not an issue of political partisanship. It entertains me.

Gore’s family has taken numerous steps to reduce the carbon footprint of their private residence, including signing up for 100 percent green power through Green Power Switch, installing solar panels, and using compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy saving technology.

Then, he’s bought carbon offsets, which you and many other conservatives fail to understand. That’s cool, though. It’d make it much harder to beat up on Gore if you actually approached this subject with any honesty.

The funniest part about this to me is the article you referenced for the info on Bush’s home. It’s a hit piece on Bush for being a hyprocrit on the environment, but in the exact opposite way that you’ve accused Al Gore of. Bush just loves being eco-friendly at his home, but when it comes to national policy, his record is horrendous.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23110

Of course he’s been denounced with the same tar the left uses for anyone who dares to raise a question about the idiocy of these people.

This has been sitting in my files for some time, and I just never thought to get around and post on it. It’s written by the author of “Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy”:

Gore isn’t quite as green as he’s led the world to believe
Updated 8/10/2006 10:44 AM ET

By Peter Schweizer
Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe. “Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb,” warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. “We have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tailspin.”

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Graciously, Gore tells consumers how to change their lives to curb their carbon-gobbling ways: Switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs, use a clothesline, drive a hybrid, use renewable energy, dramatically cut back on consumption. Better still, responsible global citizens can follow Gore’s example, because, as he readily points out in his speeches, he lives a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” But if Al Gore is the world’s role model for ecology, the planet is doomed.

For someone who says the sky is falling, he does very little. He says he recycles and drives a hybrid. And he claims he uses renewable energy credits to offset the pollution he produces when using a private jet to promote his film. (In reality, Paramount Classics, the film’s distributor, pays this.)

Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself.

Then there is the troubling matter of his energy use. In the Washington, D.C., area, utility companies offer wind energy as an alternative to traditional energy. In Nashville, similar programs exist. Utility customers must simply pay a few extra pennies per kilowatt hour, and they can continue living their carbon-neutral lifestyles knowing that they are supporting wind energy. Plenty of businesses and institutions have signed up. Even the Bush administration is using green energy for some federal office buildings, as are thousands of area residents.

But according to public records, there is no evidence that Gore has signed up to use green energy in either of his large residences. When contacted Wednesday, Gore’s office confirmed as much but said the Gores were looking into making the switch at both homes. Talk about inconvenient truths.

Gore is not alone. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has said, “Global warming is happening, and it threatens our very existence.” The DNC website applauds the fact that Gore has “tried to move people to act.” Yet, astoundingly, Gore’s persuasive powers have failed to convince his own party: The DNC has not signed up to pay an additional two pennies a kilowatt hour to go green. For that matter, neither has the Republican National Committee.

Maybe our very existence isn’t threatened.

Gore has held these apocalyptic views about the environment for some time. So why, then, didn’t Gore dump his family’s large stock holdings in Occidental (Oxy) Petroleum? As executor of his family’s trust, over the years Gore has controlled hundreds of thousands of dollars in Oxy stock. Oxy has been mired in controversy over oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas.

Living carbon-neutral apparently doesn’t mean living oil-stock free. Nor does it necessarily mean giving up a mining royalty either.

Humanity might be “sitting on a ticking time bomb,” but Gore’s home in Carthage is sitting on a zinc mine. Gore receives $20,000 a year in royalties from Pasminco Zinc, which operates a zinc concession on his property. Tennessee has cited the company for adding large quantities of barium, iron and zinc to the nearby Caney Fork River.

The issue here is not simply Gore’s hypocrisy; it’s a question of credibility. If he genuinely believes the apocalyptic vision he has put forth and calls for radical changes in the way other people live, why hasn’t he made any radical change in his life? Giving up the zinc mine or one of his homes is not asking much, given that he wants the rest of us to radically change our lives.

Peter Schweizer is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy.

Saw that picture up on FR and just had to have it.

And excellent contrast with the way President Bush lives on the ranch.

Let’s not forget Al Bore has THREE homes, not to mention owning stock in Occidental Petroleum and has collected royalties in a zinc mine on his property.

He’s raping the planet for profit while pretending to be a prohpet.

What a phony!