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Day 1057OF FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT

AL GORE'S REFUSAL TO TAKE THE

"PERSONAL ENERGY ETHICS PLEDGE"

UPDATE: Hollywood Celebrities Challenged To Take The "Gore Pledge" -

In the spirit of Earth Day, Senator Inhofe issued a challenge to all Hollywoodglobal warming activists...To read more,click here. Senator Inhofe discussed

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During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on March 21,

2007,Vice President Al Gores Perspective on Global Warming,former Vice

President Al Gore refused to take a Personal Energy Ethics Pledge to consume

no more energy than the average American household

The pledge was presented to Gore by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking

Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. At the hearing, Senator

Inhofe showed Gore a frame from Gores movie, An Inconvenient Truth where

Gore asks viewers:

Are you ready to change the way you live?
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Gore has been criticized for excessive home energy usage at his residence in

Tennessee. His electricity usage is reportedly 20 times higher than the average

American household.


Senator Inhofe told Gore at the hearing. There are hundreds of thousands of

people who adore you and would follow your example by reducing their energy

usage if you did. Dont give us the run-around on carbon offsets or the

gimmicks the wealthy do.

It has been reported that many of these so-called carbon offset projects would have

been done anyway. Also, carbon offset projects such as planting trees can take

decades or even a century to sequester the carbon emitted today. So energy usage

today results in greenhouse gases remaining in the atmosphere for decades, even with

the purchase of so-called carbon offsets.Senator Inhofe asked Gore, Are you willing to make a commitment here today

by taking this pledge to consume no more energy for use in your residence

than the average American household by one year from today?

Senator Inhofe then presented Vice President Gore with the following "Personal

Energy Ethics Pledge":

As a believer:

-that human-caused global warming is a moral, ethical, and spiritual issue

affecting our survival;

-that home energy use is a key component of overall energy use;

-that reducing my fossil fuel-based home energy usage will lead to lower

greenhouse gas emissions; and

-that leaders on moral issues should lead by example;

I pledge to consume no more energy for use in my residence than the average

American household by March 21, 2008.
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Gore refused to take the pledge.

See Senator Inhofes Opening Statement from the hearing

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