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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I think the glaring issue is the hypocrisy involved. Gore stands up before a national audience and proclaims that "there is something that we all can do" to reduce pollution while paying over $1300 a month to heat and cool one of his houses.
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To me this is the typical rich (really rich) person response. In essence he is saying, "I can use as much energy as I want because I can PAY someone else to conserve for me."
The problem with this is that he is actually placing MORE of a burden on the poor individual who does not have enough money to pay their way out of personal inconvenience.
The other thing it highlights is that it is not about the actually environment at all. It is about making themselves FEEL good about their own excesses.