Alleged: Gore Leaves Car Idling for 60 Minutes During Enviro Speech
- Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:14am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Al Gore loves the environment. He made a documentary about saving it, and frequently gives speeches about it.
So after allegedly leaving his car idling for 60 minutes while speaking at the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development in Sweden on October 10, it‘s not surprising that some are wondering if Gore’s suggestions on reducing emissions apply to everyone but him.
According to Einar Du Rietz on the website Climatedepot.com, Gore ignored requests from the speech’s organizers to use public transportation to go to the event — a request meant to help minimize CO2 emissions — and rented a car for the speech.
And although leaving a car idle for so long carries penalties, Gore may have been given a pass.
“Incidentally, local legislation prohibits — for very good environmental reasons, i e pollution — any car engine running on empty for more than 60 seconds,” Rietz writes. “Fines are severe.”
“As far as I know, he was not fined.”
“Stupidity and hypocrisy — as well as vanity — are, like it or not common human traits,” Rietz says.
[Gore speaking at the Gothenburg Award event in 2008]
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Comments (117)
kimochi
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:53amHe makes me sick, literally. Thank God people are finally seeing him for what he really is- a scam artist and a pervert.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:51amYeah, but he bought carbon credits to offset the carbon released.
Report Post »fobama
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:50amI bet it was a hybrid too…. What a dope this fraud is!!
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:49amThat would probably be his security team’s decision after he bailed out of that book signing in
Chicago(?) a few months back when dissenters showed up.
I can see that happening.
“Do as I preach. Not as I do peons.”
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:48amThe only “green” thing about Gore is the money he is scamming out of the simple minded. He is a con artist.
Report Post »FEIN
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:47amAl owns carbon credits so his CO2 footprint is offset because he has a piece of paper that says so.
Report Post »moelarrycurly
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:44amHahahahahahah !!!!
I remember going fishing with my cousin at the state park here in Ohio. As we pulled in the parking lot we saw a car covered in activist bumper stickers-save the planet, green party etc..There is a long path down to the water through the woods, and as we got to our spot on the lake we pass two college age guys fishing and smoking. we walked to the other side of the small cove and unpacked all our gear and started fishing. We were there for about two hours when the other guys decided to pack it in… As they started to pack up their stuff I noticed that they were discarding plastic bags, cans, and paper trash on the bank. When we left we stopped by where these two fished and picked up their trash-cigarette butts and everything. You see we brought a bag a to haul out all of our stuff-paper, plastic and beer cans-everything. And there was some irony in the fact that these two had their car parked right next to a trash can too.
My point is with this: That what we are seeing is a thinly disguised political movement designed to introduce laws that will get your money. That these people who preach and present pseudo-science are hypocrites at every level. From the Generals to the foot soldiers. I’ll keep my SUV Mr Gore. You see, if there is a resource out there that can be purchased it is mine as soon as I purchase it. Oil therefore is not ‘our resource’. And the crooked politics that you use to drive the cost of oil and infrastructure ever higher is the dirtiest possible politics. Line your pockets with the money from the sheep of your own flock-get outta mine.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:37pmWell said indeed! My husband works in a surface mine in wv and the treehuggers camped out in the trees and areas around the mine. They didn’t leave the the area during their “protest” which forced them to defecate in adult diapers which they promptly threw on the ground for others to deal with. Oh!,what love of their beautiful earth. At least my husband’s company reclaims the area they mine. These people have no concern for the planet. They just have too much time on their hands.. They need a real job that isn‘t subsidized by the US Gov’t =EPA..
Report Post »912always
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:38amI have never met an econut who practices what they preach. All the ones I know drive gas powered cars live in homes that are not solar powered, etc. So I figured out a long time ago it is only good for someone else. Just another way to get control of the general population and if you disagree with them you are a bad person.
Case in point, growing up I couldn’t figure out why forest fires were not let to burn, I wondered who put them out when there was no one here to put them out, long story short, now they have decided that not putting them out has contributed to there being massive, raging fires because of all the buid up of underbrush and debris over the years. Nature knows how to clean house. Common Sense, right?
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:37amYou need to keep it idling to keep the rabbits away.
Report Post »truthbewarned
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:36amHe is implying that Global Government should step in cause humans are incapable of such task as decreasing pollution. ” Look at me, Im Al Gore and I cant do what i promise to do“ ”Send me your money and Ill redistribute it around the globe. Then we will have a perfect world without CO2.”
Report Post »TexasGranny
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:36amAnyone sorry for voting Bush in 2000 now? Afterall, we could have been saddled with Al during 9/11 – wouldn’t that have been a disaster!
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:33pmNever was sad I voted for George for an instant. The thought of Al ‘Attention whore’ Gore at the helm forced me to have to dye the white out of my hair.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:33amAl Gore,John Kerry,Barney Frank,Nancy Pelosi,Harry Reid,Chris Dodd, starring in the gratest marionette show on earth. Watch as the puppeteer “The Great Obama,” pulls their strings and makes them dance to His music. See the total lack of individuality and the willingness to dance for the great “charismatic commie.” See the puppetas sell their souls as the puppeteer smiles and knows,”When I am finished with you you will be discarded like so much chaffe.“ ”You wooden puppets are simply and end to “my” means. “I AM THE GREAT OBAMA. I AM ALL KNOWING AND THE ONE. DANCE AT THE END OF MY STRINGS SIMPLE ONES.”
Report Post »kickedoutofengland
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:25amI see nothing wrong with feeding the surrounding trees some CO2 :-)
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:45amCO2 will green up America.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:24amAl is a total hypocrit and possibly on of the biggest crooks of our time.
Report Post »MaggieRose
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:24amI’ll believe in global warming when I see Mr. Gore living in one house, preferably a yurt, taking commercial flights, and driving the little pedal cars he guilts others into driving. Otherwise, global warming is doing exactly what Mr. Gore intends it to do… making him a multi-millionaire and keeping him in the spotlight.
Report Post »ReaganerThanThou
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:53amYup, including that nice, shiny Nobel Peace Prize.
Report Post »SSBN_VET
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:23amScribes and Pharasees… hypocrits
Report Post »felina g
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:23amProbably in the backseat getting his chakras straightened.
Report Post »Pyrate762
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:22amIt’s okay! Maybe it was a Prius! (But probably not!)
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:21amHe’s a liberal democrat. His ‘carbon footprint’ doesn’t count! What else would you expect BUT hypocrisy? Seriously, they should just drop the word “democrat” and change their name to the “Hypocrite Party.”
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:21amwhen i change the oil in my car i just dump that crud in the grass.
Al Gore and I are pretty equal on our care for the earth.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:54pmMixing used oil into theground? Isn’t that where it came from?
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:20amTHE GREAT “GLOBAL WARMING HOAX”
The proposals to combat “GLOBAL WARMING” have more potential to destroy our freedom and prosperity than any issue since WORLD WAR II. The cost of energy is increased by all these proposals. Energy is contained in all the products used to sustain our lives.
These proposals will be devastating to the poor, where the cost of survival consumes all their income.
Do you realize that these proposals are to combat an issue that has not even been proven to exist?
AND YOU LAUGH AT DON QUIXOTE?
THESE PROPOSALS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE POWER OF THE “PEERS.” “CAP AND TRADE WILL DESTROY YOUR WEALTH AND FREEDOM!!
BRACE YOURSELF, THOMAS PAINE, REJOICE YOU “PEERS” THE TYRANNY OF
Report Post »KING GEORGE III IS BEING RESTORED BUT UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
felina g
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:28am“For those who doubt that any of our multi-threats could have been orchestrated, I suggest you look around to see which part of society actually has benefited from terror and the constant threat of more terror. The conclusion should be clear: The Mega-Cartels that seek higher levels of control over their slave population.”
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:59pmGlobal warming isn’t a hoax. can‘t you see that Gore is being proactive in proving that it’s real? =P
Report Post »Race
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:20amYo, Al! Get a REAL job, moron.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:19amThat brought a little tear to my eye, Al is such a green guy, What a great country, “It’s good to be the King”
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:19amGore can waste his money any way he please.
Report Post »Shame on you for doing what you see.
poppopschell
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 11:26amGore is NOT running for office so why the attention to him? Pelosi, Frank, Hoyer, and Reid are. It seems to me that is where we should be placing our efforts to defeat them??
Report Post »dmacfadyn
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:17amAl’s been idling for a long, long time.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:22amExcept when he is flying around the world in his private jet! But, that’s right, he buys carbon offsets from a company based in UK and of which he is part owner. Sweet!
Report Post »mexicanhasmyjob
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:22amjust another thief.
lookn4nrml
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:24amOne of his many homes is a couple a miles from me and it is our family tradition to shout as loud as we can every time we drive by ENVIRONAZIW****!!! ENVIRONAZIFRAUD!!!
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:24amD MACFADYN writes, “Al’s been idling for a long, long time.”
Except when barking up a masseuse’s skirt.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
snowleopard3200
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:35amLet me see, Al Gore during the time as VP hosted a enviormental meeting of endangered species, the chairs of the meeting made from endangered trees; he says about the enviornment concerns are his concerns and he fails to neglect how rich he will be off the carbon credits scamming of the world and especially America. The great enviormentalist is still the great con artist based on his actions, and a very bad one at that.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:02pmHas he tracked down that Man-Bear-Pig that he was “so serial” about?
Report Post »abc
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:27pmLet’s see, an anonymous source reports that O’Donnell begged a man to have a one night stand, and the conservatives denounce the lie, saying an anonymous source MUST be lying. But then, another anonymous source says that Gore left a car idling for a 60 minutes (love the precision there), and conservatives yell: that must be true!
Conservatives are lucky that they are irretrievably dumb. If liberals were this hypocritical, their ears would be ringing from the cognitive dissonance.
belaircruiser
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:11pmThrow in his “carbon footprint the size of Texas” home and what does equal? A charlatan.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:51pmHow true, how true. He’s the biggest hippo-crit regarding energy use and global warming. Idles cars for an hour, consumes more household energy that anyone, all while telling the world to cut down. Guess he doesn’t know that good leaders lead by example. What a POS,,,hear that Al?
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:18pmLiar Liar, sets the world on fire!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:14pmWay to go AL you now have to pay with 1 zillion new trees.. so much for HIM worrying about global warming..
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:48pmHe exhales Green House gas
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:18pmHe had to leave it running, the cops might come to arrest him for being a pervert a message therapist and he’d need to make quick exit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3OxZhXKQ0
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Robert W
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:29pmIm making my reeeeal big shocked face.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:57pmOkay chicken little Gore. When exactly is the sky goint to fall?
Report Post »rebel
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 6:16amcan not wait to hear pat parody this!
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 12:10pmA HA, it about the population stupid.
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