Global Warming...New Report...and it ain't happy news

By contrast, global warming skeptic Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) ?- the ranking minority member of the House energy and commerce committee ?- appears to be a relatively light electricity consumer.

Barton released his electric bill for February at a March 20 hearing ?- he paid $79.47 in total for both his Texas Utilities bill in Ennis, Texas, home and his Dominion Electric bill for his Arlington, Va., apartment.

A third of Americans say global warming ranks as the world's single largest environmental problem, double the number who gave it top ranking last year, a nationwide poll shows.

In the new poll, conducted jointly by The Washington Post, ABC News and Stanford University, most of those surveyed said that climate change is real and that they want the federal government to do more about it. But the survey also shows there is little public agreement about the policies the United States should adopt to address it.

The findings come weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has the right to regulate carbon dioxide, the largest contributor to human-caused warming. Congress is pressing to enact limits on all greenhouse-gas emissions linked to climate change, but it remains unclear how soon the House or the Senate could pass such legislation.

According to the poll, seven in 10 Americans want more federal action on global warming, and about half of those surveyed think the government should do "much more" than it is doing now.

By a 40-point margin, the public trusts congressional Democrats more than it trusts President Bush to handle global warming. More than nine in 10 Democrats in the poll said they trusted their party's leaders over Bush on the issue, as did 54 percent of independents and one in five Republicans.

The pretty graph above is a contemporary part of a long-running ad hominem marketing/PR/propaganda (all apply, take your pick) strategy to dissuade the public from granting credence to those who argued that global warming is real, (and, next) that it is being caused by human activities, (then) that it is in any sense critically important, (and now) that we will hurt ourselves less if we move to ameliorate its causes than if we do nothing. It's a trajectory which really is entirely predictable given the enormous financial, political and media interests at risk (so they consider) from alterations in the status quo.

What the graph showed is just that Gore uses 20x more energy of the average John Doe. The rest is interpreted up to your imagination (or fantasy or paranoid tendency, take your pick). If Gore, who preaches conservation while wasting a stupidly HUUUUGE amount of energy, why should others believe him? Why should they conserve ? Would you trust a priest who preaches fidelity & abstinence while he is sleeping around with all women of the neighbourhood who want to ? Come on Blatham!

Nothing can't be clearer.

What makes me wonder since months: we do most here just and only focus on Gore?
He still is a citizen in a country which is miles away from being average in what is done in other countries.

So, why not picking out someone who really represents an eco-friendly energy policiy from a different country?

Nelly Olin could it be for miniTAX, for instance she's the French environmental minister and a member of the conservative Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP).

I hope everyone in this country is as petty as you. I am more concerned about his past votes, his positions, his smarts, etc. I could care less about haircuts, and whether it is a campaign expense.

Al Gore gets approval to install solar panels at his Tenn. home
By Associated Press.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - Updated: 01:37 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Vice President Al Gore's upscale neighborhood granted the environmental activist approval Tuesday to install 33 solar panels on the roof of his mansion.
Belle Meade had blocked his application until new rules were approved unanimously late Tuesday, said Gore spokesman Chris Song. The city located within metropolitan Nashville said the panels must be placed in areas where they can't be seen by neighbors.
Gore, who starred in the documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" about global warming, already buys enough energy from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.
He is also upgrading the furnace, windows, and light switches, as well as installing new floor radiant heat and solar vents, to improve the home's energy standards, said Kalee Kreider, a Gore spokeswoman.
The home bought by Gore in 2002 is more than 70 years old and illustrates the challenges of renovating an older home to conserve more energy, Kreider said.
"It's obviously easier to build a green home from the get-go," she said. "When you purchase an older home, these retrofits take lot longer."

President George W. Bush steps into the spotlight looking like a man fresh off the pages of GQ magazine. His black cashmere overcoat delicately drapes his shoulders, the blue stripe tie radiates against his white shirt and the suit perfectly fits his fit form. .....But Bush's past style lapses are forgivable because, since his inauguration he's been wearing some of the best tailored garments --Oxxford suits.

...When brothers Louis and Jacob Weinberg founded the company in 1916, they were determined to make the best suit. They used the finest fabrics and designed only simple, timeless shapes. This guiding principle ensures Oxxford continues to create top-notch garments for a price --$2,000 to $14,000 --that loyal customers are willing to pay. Oxxford produced 25,000 handmade garments and had $30 million in sales last year, according to Roger Parfitt, the company's chief operating officer.

...Rocco Giovannangelo, 61, the company's master tailor, flew to Austin for President Bush's fittings. A tailor since he was a 10-year-old in Italy, he knows the importance of being well-dressed. "You can make an impression on society if you decide to dress well," he says.

heya foxy, hope yer doin' well!

maybe this will quell the stormy seas of gore-gate...
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Al Gore gets approval to install solar panels at his Tenn. home
By Associated Press.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - Updated: 01:37 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Vice President Al Gore's upscale neighborhood granted the environmental activist approval Tuesday to install 33 solar panels on the roof of his mansion.
Belle Meade had blocked his application until new rules were approved unanimously late Tuesday, said Gore spokesman Chris Song. The city located within metropolitan Nashville said the panels must be placed in areas where they can't be seen by neighbors.
Gore, who starred in the documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" about global warming, already buys enough energy from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.
He is also upgrading the furnace, windows, and light switches, as well as installing new floor radiant heat and solar vents, to improve the home's energy standards, said Kalee Kreider, a Gore spokeswoman.
The home bought by Gore in 2002 is more than 70 years old and illustrates the challenges of renovating an older home to conserve more energy, Kreider said.
"It's obviously easier to build a green home from the get-go," she said. "When you purchase an older home, these retrofits take lot longer."

Hiya DTOM. You've been scarce lately. Good to see you back. So how's my favorite liberal?

But please don't try to present Al Gore as having any credibility or virtue on this issue. He just doesn't.