Yes he is.
For him this is all just a hobby, like some do other extreme sports. So Ed powers his toaster on a bike machine. Of course Ed travels a lot and must stay at the finest establishments, so he really isn’t at home much. Just enough to “establish” his lifestyle for his webcast.
I don’t know about that.
My cousin and his wife were in town last weekend, and we all went out to dinner. She was a corporate lawyer at GM around the time the EV-1 was popular, and she was assigned to those “green” initiatives.
One of her jobs was to escort Ed around Detroit and the GM operations, since he was such a huge supporter of the EV-1. Ed took a three-day train to get to Detroit and refused to ride in an SUV or any car that didn’t get decent mileage. He only stayed at the cheap hotels.
He had to fly back home on short notice, and admitted that sometimes he just had to fly, but she could see that he really didn’t like it. Maybe he really is committed or maybe he knew that people would spot him performing an admittedly hypocritical act?