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Al Gore 'left car engine running during hour-long environmental lecture' | Mail Online
Green-minded campaigner Al Gore has been left red-faced after being accused of leaving his car running for almost an hour while he gave a lecture on sustainable development.
It is alleged that Gore made the gaffe while he spoke at the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development in Sweden on October 10.
His mistake was compounded further by the fact that he had asked his distinguished guests to attend the event by public transport in order to minimize CO2 emissions.
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A Convenient Truth: politicians are the greatest threat to global society.
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No one else wants to chime in? The hypocrisy is astounding.
You can't make this stuff up!
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I take our alleged obsession with Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck and raise you an Al Gore!
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IMO, it's only hypocrisy if Gore intended to leave the car running. Otherwise it's just a kind of irony. And funny, of course.
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It is pretty hilarious, if true, but
I don't get it, can someone clue me in?
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^an insult, obviously.
He really drove himself?
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi 
He really drove himself?
The carbon footprint of a man-servant is astounding.
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
No one else wants to chime in? The hypocrisy is astounding.
It's not hypocritical, it's ironic.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
It's not hypocritical, it's ironic.
No it's not.
And here's a formal request for you colonials to stop using the word "ironic" until you've figured out what it means.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
No it's not.
And here's a formal request for you colonials to stop using the word "ironic" until you've figured out what it means.
Oxford disagrees with you.
As one of the definitions: "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result."
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Originally Posted by Doofy
And here's a formal request for you colonials to stop using the word "ironic" until you've figured out what it means.
You realize there are different kinds of irony. This particular event is dramatic irony. Al Gore didn't realize the car was running while he gave a lecture on green energy.
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Proof? Source? Eyewitnesses? Quotes? Anything?
Why would someone leave there car running for an hour? What possible reason is there? It doesn't even make sense?
If it was an accident then yes, it's funny. And stupid. If it was on purpose, then it's a terrible display of hypocracy on the worst level, but why would someone do that?
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
You realize there are different kinds of irony. This particular event is dramatic irony. Al Gore didn't realize the car was running while he gave a lecture on green energy.
I think part of the irony lies with the fact that Gore is driving a car while telling his honored guests to take the bus in the first place. Leaving it on, now thats just movin right on to comedy!
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Proof? Source? Anything?
Why would someone leave there car running for an hour? What possible reason is there? It doesn't even make sense?
DId pay enough attention and left it on by mistake? I mean, its only his life's work to get ri..i mean save the world that he's squandering. Not a big deal.
Source was already provided and I'm guessing by your questions, you're having an awfully hard time believing it.
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I'm having a hard time believing Gore doesn't travel with a retinue, secret service, staff, etc, whose job it would be to keep track of the car's whereabouts and engine-running status.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I'm having a hard time believing Gore doesn't travel with a retinue, secret service, staff, etc, whose job it would be to keep track of the car's whereabouts and engine-running status.
you forgot to mention his compliment of green police.
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
Source was already provided and I'm guessing by your questions, you're having an awfully hard time believing it.
The source says "alleged" and "accused of"
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton
The source says "alleged" and "accused of"
Considering Gore's action is a crime where he spoke, the article couldn't justifiably or ethically use any other language. He hasn't thus far denied it, has he?
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
the article couldn't justifiably or ethically use any other language
Exactly. Because it's unverified.
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Never mind that he flew a few thousand miles to give a speech about carbon footprints. It's a shame he hasn't got any connections in Silicon Valley - I'm sure someone there could have sorted him out with some kind of telepresence system for the job.
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It's also a shame that Mr Gore doesn't know anybody who invented a long-distance data transport network which would allow things like telepresence to be used.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton
Exactly. Because it's unverified.
Kinda like MMGW itself? Shift the goalposts much?
Oh the hilarity.
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Kinda like MMGW itself? Shift the goalposts much?
Oh the hilarity.
Is that a reference to irony? 
Global warming has been verified, that's what science is. I don't really care if you're convinced or not, but it does have corroboration. This story doesn't yet.
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
DId pay enough attention and left it on by mistake? I mean, its only his life's work to get ri..i mean save the world that he's squandering. Not a big deal.
Source was already provided and I'm guessing by your questions, you're having an awfully hard time believing it.
Well the source is a posting on a website called ClimateDepot.com (which is a reprint from CFACT.EU) both of which seem to be solely dedicated to being opposed to the global warming movement. The original story also cites nothing as any sort of proof. Who noticed the car? Who was there?
The burden of proof would seem to be on the person writing this story, and he has provided nothing even remotely resembling a source or proof.
Maybe it's true maybe it's not. Who knows. For all we know the whole thing is completely made up.
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Are we holding a trial for Mr. Gore now in the court of NN opinion?
If only you'd hold MMGW to the same standard of proof as you do this news article.
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If only you'd hold MMGW to the same standard of proof as you do this news article.
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He left it running for an hour and no one stole it? Sweden is doing something right. In America the car would have been ripped, stripped, and clipped in a New York minute. Mr. 'Green' seems to always have his mind on getting rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute ( from his hair). So it's not surprising to me that he made a faux pax and passed gas for an hour.
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Maybe it was just a gay illegal Mexican sitting in the back seat making engine sounds for an hour?
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Maybe it was just a gay illegal Mexican sitting in the back seat making engine sounds for an hour?
WTF ? 
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WTF ?
I know you're just trying to be funny, but you come across like a .
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Yeah, but if you aren't getting all bent out of shape and anal about stuff than I'm not doing my job!
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Whatever. Just stop acting like a 12 year old.
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Whatever. Just stop acting like a 12 year old.
Oh come on Turty - I think a four year advancement of mental age would be good.
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When's that gonna happen ? In 2020 ?
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When's that gonna happen ? In 2020 ?
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Well, I don't think that Fernando will be able to hold out for that long being in Al Gore's back seat and making engine noises to fool everybody...
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