Al Gore Stripped of Peace Prize - Page 2

DaLabrador · 10-15-07, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by rrigters93

Hmmm...had Al gore been "selected" by the supreme court back in 2000 there would be NO Iraq war.....you know ...I never thought about that....hmmmmmmm

They don't do it like that. :)
They actually appreciate his efforts to make the world a less polluted place to be (even _if_ he did it to score points the resulting focus on nature is good).
They _might_ have thought about the impact less dependence on fossil fuels could have on wars in some parts of the world, but they would never admit that. :).

Oh, and in for instance Africa they actually wage climate wars since some places become uninhabitable.

10-19-07, 11:40 PM

Funny thing I just read:

"House #1 A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South.

House #2 Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet ( 4 bedrooms ) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes one-quarter the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.

HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the "environmentalist" Al Gore.

HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

An "inconvenient truth". "

Source:

Urban Legends Reference Pages: A Tale of Two Houses
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jadesse · 10-22-07, 10:48 AM

I'm still trying to figure out why Gore received the award in the first place. What the hell does global warming have to do with world peace?

10-22-07, 12:09 PM

Have your neighbor run out of water due to drought and you will soon find out.

kcallahan · 10-22-07, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Ken S

Have your neighbor run out of water due to drought and you will soon find out.

That's already happening between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

spud42 · 10-23-07, 07:55 AM

you want a drought ? try level 6 water restrictions. less than 140 litres of water per day per person. all the dams at less than 20% capacity no hoses. no water outside. and its been this way for a couple of years... welcome to south east queensland australia.............

Benjamminz_IS · 10-25-07, 02:14 PM

face it all you tree hugging ninny's until you can keep greed and lust out of politics and business... you're NEVER going to achieve world peace or anything close to it... and those things are hard to overcome if you don't have the right spiritual connections in your life, for many impossible.