Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Another case of "Do as I say, not as I do". The hypocrisy of the climate change zealots knows no bounds. While these people expect us to live as if we are in the 19th century, they are living high off the hog, using huge amounts of energy. What a shock!

Read from UK Telegraph, via Big Government:

Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges
Copenhagen is preparing for the climate change summit that will produce as much carbon dioxide as a town the size of Middlesbrough.

"On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the 'summit to save the world', which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.

'We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention,' she says. 'But it seems that somebody last week looked at the weather report.'

Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. 'We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfil the demand,' she says. 'We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden.'

And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? 'Five,' says Ms Jorgensen. 'The government has some alternative fuel cars but the rest will be petrol or diesel. We don't have any hybrids in Denmark, unfortunately, due to the extreme taxes on those cars. It makes no sense at all, but it's very Danish.'

The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.

As well 15,000 delegates and officials, 5,000 journalists and 98 world leaders, the Danish capital will be blessed by the presence of Leonardo DiCaprio, Daryl Hannah, Helena Christensen, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Prince Charles. A Republican US senator, Jim Inhofe, is jetting in at the head of an anti-climate-change 'Truth Squad.' The top hotels – all fully booked at £650 a night – are readying their Climate Convention menus of (no doubt sustainable) scallops, foie gras and sculpted caviar wedges. ......"


Speaking of climate change zealots, Al Gore is probably the most hypocritical of all. Read about his "Do as I say, not as I do" behavior, via the Gill Report:

AL GORE HITS THE WATER!
August 5, 2008 - August 12, 2008

"Former Vice President Al Gore, the self-proclaimed global guru of green, has made a lot of money from the hysteria he has created about the so-called 'crisis' of global warming. He has profited from best selling books that tout the looming climatic catastrophe, including 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Earth In the Balance.' He won an Academy Award for a movie about his slideshow presentation that focuses on his 'sky is falling' message about a world on the brink of environmental disaster thanks to man-made global warming. He has even been recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to 'save the planet.'

His business interests have been focused on the profit side of the equation when it comes to 'global warming.' He has created a 'carbon credits' scam that has put millions of dollars into the pockets of Gore and his environmental cronies. It is likely he has a financial interest in the sudden shift to supposedly environmentally friendly light bulbs that he has trumpeted so loudly. For example, his buddies at General Electric stand to make big money from the congressionally mandated demand for their new light bulbs.

There is no question that the alarmism and doomsday scenarios spread by Al Gore have been very, very beneficial to him personally and professionally. But does he actually buy into any of the snake oil he is selling? His own behavior clearly indicates that he doesn’t believe we are at a 'tipping point' of world-wide environmental destruction. While he preaches that the rest of us must dramatically change our lifestyles and lower our standards of living to 'save the planet' he lives by another set of rules himself.

His hypocrisy is revealed in the air, where he jets about in private planes that consume massive amounts of energy to spread his bogus message of 'conservation.'

His hypocrisy is revealed on land, where he travels in fleets of limos and SUVs to deliver speeches about the dire consequences of ignoring 'man-made global warming' – and leaves the cars running throughout his entire speech in order to ensure that they will be nice and cool when he exits the building and returns to his gas-guzzling vehicles.

His supposedly 'green' mansion consumes electricity that dwarfs the consumption of the typical family home.

In order to complete his hypocrisy trifecta, Al Gore may now be extending his excessive consumption to the water as well! Land, sea AND air. Perhaps space will be the final frontier for Al Gore’s greatest environmental excess-capade.

In an amazing display of conspicuous consumption, even for Al Gore, his new 100 foot houseboat that docks at the Hurricane Marina in Smithville, Tennessee is creating a critical buzz among many of his former congressional constituents. Dubbed 'Bio-Solar One,' which may reflect some latent Air Force One envy, Gore has proudly strutted the small town dock claiming that his monstrous houseboat is environmentally-friendly. (Only Al Gore would name his boat B.S. One and not get the joke. Or perhaps the
joke is on us?)"

Read it all.