Al Gore Places Blame On Scientists

Wow. Al, let me explain to you how science works. When scientists all agree on something, it's pretty much given as fact. When there isn't an agreement, it's generally considered a theory. Now, to blame scientists for your failings is pretty telling.

Blame others seems to be the message I'm getting. Al likes to blame George W. Bush for global warming, but a small little fact seems to be blocking that thought: During his tenure as vice president, America's carbon dioxide emissions shot up far faster than at any time in modern history - by 15 per cent, compared to just 1.65 per cent during President Bush's first term.

So Al, during the time when you were in office, when you and Bill Clinton were in charge, America's carbon dioxide shot up 15 percent in 8 years compared to 1.65 percent during 4 years during the first George W. Bush's term. Care to explain that fact away? Care to explain how your mansion in Tennessee is significantly less efficient then Bush's ranch in Texas? Care to explain how it is that we all must do something about our "carbon footprint", yet you fly around in private jets instead of taking commercial flights?

Stop blaming others Al, American's love someone who leads by example, not someone who gives out a "do as I say, not as I do" bullshit attitude.

Now, that being said, I do believe that global warming does exist and we do need to cut our pollution. I believe we should ask auto manufacturers to make a few cars that get unbelievable mileage (100mpg+) or are electric. But I won't lie to any of you, I own a sports car and a daily driver civic. When driven properly, I get almost 41mpg in my 2005 Civic EX. On bad days, I get around 32mpg.

My high performance CRX is lucky to get 9mpg. But that's the price that I pay for my love of the open road and performance. You don't see me yelling at others about how they should do this or that while I drive around getting 9mpg. By the way, one of the reasons why I only get 9mpg is because of A)the high horsepower engine, and B) the way I drive it. I very rarely have it below 7,000 rpm and generally have it in the high 8,000-low 9,000 rpm range. When I fire it up, I expect to pay an assload of money for the gas and I drive fast and hard. Of course, I haven't taken it out to drive like that in a very long time.

When I fire up my civic, that's a different story. I drive slow, safely draft larger vehicles, and do everything I can to squeeze every inch of mileage I can out of a gallon of gas.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com