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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (60661)	12/27/2012 5:12:56 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Al Gore buys indulgences so he can do what he likes with halo intact> < People like Algore who fly in energy wasting private jets to preach a different life style than they live are the lowest form of hypocrite.> Perhaps he thinks he is inspirational - "Look, you can be environmentally sound if you get with the carbon credits programme, like me." I have some sympathy with that idea. For example, for 30 years, I have suggested a revenue-neutral carbon tax as the answer to CO2 emissions if it turned out to actually be a real problem rather than a theoretical one. So a little old lady on a government pension who tootles to town in her car would pay a giant carbon tax but be paid the same amount back by way of increased pension. If she really wanted to tootle to town, she could continue to do so. But more likely, she would decide that she would keep the cash and catch a bus, or share a ride with friends, or catch a tiny Google taxi instead of driving her own car [thereby also saving the capital cost of having a car and also the maintenance costs, insurance and whatnot], or get FedEx to deliver goods via van, or chat with her normal friends in town via video gathering. Commuters would do the same arithmetic - continue to drive their own car, or keep the cash and catch a bus, or share a ride, or work from home. There would be a pleasant reduction in traffic jams too with an enormous gasoline tax [on carbon]. Mqurice

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (60661)	1/3/2013 12:58:06 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Complete poppycock of course.... you haven't even thought this through obviously... anyone intuitively knows this. But you can pretend that those who advocate for change but live by the rules of the land are all hypocrites if you want... with your special powers of discernment who am I to try and change your mind. <I am confident that your wishes would be honored over 90% of the time. > LOL!!! You are hilarious... you know they say you find what you are looking for... you want me, and all the other wealthy folks that don't have a problem if their tax rates go up to be hypocrites.... so there you are... in YOUR mind we ARE... you don't need to take it any further... DAK