Celebs snub climate plea [ Al Gore Hypocrisy Alert!]

Sunday daily Mirror.co.uk.com ^ | 12/02/07 | Susie Boniface

[melt]

EXCLUSIVE Celebs and VIPs snub plea to share private planes and cut CO2 emissions. Just 78 out of 3,500 rich & famous agree to stop flying solo to red carpet.

By Susie Boniface 02/12/2007

VIPs have snubbed a plea to go green - by refusing to share their luxury private jets.

Thousands of the rich and famous were invited to pool their planes in an effort to cut carbon emissions.

But so far just 78 out of 3,500 who either own or regularly use private planes have signed up.

Prince Charles, climate campaigner Al Gore, Simon Cowell, Madonna and Kate Moss are among those who won't be heeding the plea.

Celebrities, royalty and captains of industry were invited to join a select club which matches their travel needs to those of other VIPs for red carpet events.

Just the 78 signed up to the Flight-share Private Members Guild.

Aviation experts say around 5,000 empty private jets take to the skies every week to collect high-profile passengers from entertainment events, political summits and sporting fixtures. Paddy Gillett of pressure group Plane Stupid said: "They seem to be sticking two fingers up by flying as much as they like."

[LetsRok]

What will they do if the govt bans these planes from flying solo by revoking their flight plans if they do not have a minimum number of passengers???

[flattorney]

LOL

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02.26.07: Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
- - Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average. In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.
        Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy. Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES). In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home. The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
        Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359. Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006. Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
        “As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.