A leading skeptic of global-warming science is challenging celebrity activists such as Al Gore and Sheryl Crow to lower their “carbon footprint” to the same level as the average American by Earth Day in April 2008.
“I simply believe that former Vice President Al Gore and his Hollywood friends who demand we change the way we live to avert this over-hyped ‘crisis’ not only talk the talk, but walk the walk,” said Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican.
“How hard is it for these elitists to become as frugal in their energy consumption as the average American? I think the American public has a right to know they are being had.”
A so-called “Gore Pledge” was introduced last month when the former vice president appeared before a Senate committee to discuss his views on climate change. Mr. Inhofe asked Mr. Gore to sign the pledge to reduce his use of products that produce greenhouse gases, but he declined, instead citing alternative carbon trade-offs.
Al Gore isn’t willing to make the types of changes he’d encourage in the rest of us because he says he “Mr. Gore says he pays a self-imposed “carbon tax” to offset the environmental impact of his large home and global travels.”
This goes back to that elitism that we constantly see from the left. They think they’re smarter, better, and able to get away with whatever they want–even while criticising us.