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To: tejek who wrote (400709)	7/22/2008 2:27:02 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578244

Overheated "On Thursday, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore delivered a major address calling on his country to abandon all fossil fuels within 10 years," Lorne Gunter writes in the National Post, a Canadian newspaper. "By 2018, U.S. electricity and fuel should come entirely from 'renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources,' he said. Tickets to the event encouraged attendees to 'please use public transit, bicycling or other climate-friendly means' to reach the lecture hall," Mr. Gunter said. "So how did Mr. Gore and his retinue arrive? In two Lincoln Town Cars and a full-sized SUV that sat idling with the air conditioners blasting while the Gore party was inside. "It was 34 C in Washington. Al Gore can't be expected to get into an overheated vehicle after he's worked up a sweat telling others how to save the planet. … "Apparently if the world is ever to reach the carbon-free future Mr. Gore dreams of, it will have to get there without Al's help."