Eco-hypocrite of the week
Sure, it’s only Monday, but we’ll go ahead and declare a winner right now…
Prince Charles is in the midst of a five-day tour of Europe to promote environmental issues, and he’s determined to save the world to death:
The Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall, plus ten Clarence House staff, will fly from London to Rome this evening. Then they will fly on to Venice and Berlin, before returning to Britain. Clarence House aides stress that the trip is at the request of the Government to promote its climate change policies.
But instead of using scheduled flights, the Royal party has hired a private plane, thought to be an Airbus A319.
According to experts from the Carbon Managers company, which carries out environmental audits, the aircraft’s four European flights over 2,200 miles will leave a carbon footprint of 52.95 tons – nearly five times the average person’s 11-ton footprint for an entire year.
Each member of Charles’s party will leave a carbon footprint of 4.41 tons – 13 times more than if they had used a scheduled flight on the same type of plane, which can carry up to 156 passengers.
Now that’s a huge carbon earprint.
I have no hard data on this, but I’m willing to bet that the number one cause of greenhouse gas emissions is environmentalists flying around the world to emergency conferences on greenhouse gas emissions. If global warming didn’t exist at the start of this particular eco-crusade, then darnit, it will when they’re finished. Global warming could be the largest — and most lucrative — self-fulfilling prophecy ever.
This huge carbon output will no doubt later be “justified” by the purchase of “carbon offsets” — a medicine that is applied topically to the planet to remove the guilt pangs of limousine liberals and private jet socialists. “Carbon offsets” make as much sense as a denial mechanism as ”murder offsets” –i.e. a homicide can be fully atoned if the killer offsets the death by impregnating another person.
Gore has madoff with millions
Speaking of hypocrites, last week, Al Gore told Congress that global warming deniers are “like Bernie Madoff, they lied to the people who trusted them in order to make money.” (video here)
I’m a global warming “denier” — at least by Al’s definition. If Gore can tell me exactly how I’m making money off that and how that makes me like Bernie Madoff, I’ll donate a few bucks to the “Alliance for Climate Protection” — one of the ventures that has allowed Gore to go from a net worth of $2 million when he left the vice-presidency, to a worth said to be well over $100 million in part by capitalizing on blind faith, misinformation, greed and gullibility — just like Berni… never mind.
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Michelle Malkin said:
Now that’s a great way to put it.
I am so happy I can live with myself without being a hypocrite like these people are. I hope to be Judged so some day.
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Ahhh, now I see the logic.
sarc
Save yourself time. If a person is a liberal, global warmer, or any form of collectivist, they are a hypocrite. They are also either stupid or evil.
I find this saves me time in dealing with news.
But he is British after all. How dare any of you diminish his stature!
Wait a minute.. The PCP is wearing off..
I said what??
It’s good being king! And one must perform one’s duty mustn’t one? One can live like a king even though one will never be one. Can’t one?
On April 27th, 2009 at 2:44 pm, WrshpMzshn said:
Michelle Malkin said:
Just thought that the credit should go where it was due.
Now Little Lord Prince Charles, with horse face Camilia in tow, takes time off from work to save the world and we mock him–who would have thought it? You just wait until algore hears about this.
Sorry. I disagree. Check the hot air generated in DC when Congress (opposite of Pro-gress) is in session.
That jet burns more fuel in one trip than my Silverado will burn in it’s lifetime.
Route 66, here I come! Get Your Kicks On Route 66!
Can we sequester the Goricle in Carbonite, like Jabba the Hut did Han Solo? Does any one know how much carbonite you can extract for carbon dioxide? I took some chemistry in college, and I think the carbon footprint on that jet looks inflated to me.
105,000 pounds of carbon from a 2000 mile jet ride? Are they measuring CO2 or C ?
Carbon footprint.
gimmie a break.
I wonder how much money these thieves are getting on our dime, or their dime, I should say. But, it will end up our dime soon enough if we don’t stop this insanity. Foolishness
Only when crooks like Gore et al start going to jail will this crap end. With no repercussions, this kind of fraud will continue. As they say “Continue to reward bad behavior and you will get more of it.” Talk about a ponzi scheme…
They need to hurry and get this going. If the climate continues to cool – as it’s been doing for almost a decade now…without a “climate change agreement” – they won’t be able to take credit for it.
Red Dog,
You hit the nail on the head – this is a Ponzi Scheme. There is no better descriptor (that I can say without Michelle kicking me off the thread..)
Maybe they are using a spread sheet from an eco freak web site.
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Sounds fun tre–Get Your Kicks On Route 66- but when you get to Kingman DO NOT STAY AT THE BATES MOTEL. You can check in, but you can not check out.
cicerokid, don’t try and make sense of the fuzzy math of climate change. I think in reality they were measuring the weight of Sir Charles’ ears.
It is too bad that Prince Charles hasn’t had a job his entire life. It might have kept him out of trouble. He needs something to occupy his time and unfortunately, this is it at the moment. These people are Royal pains in the arse. What exactly is their purpose? I have always wondered about that!
Thanks Arizona Neanderthal!
Maybe I’ll stay at the Overlook Hotel instead.
*It is 4/27/2009, and yes, this is still the greatest hoax ever perpetrated upon mankind, whether it be Spotted Owl Bore or Prince Charles; They will never let the facts get in the way; CO2 is NOT a pollutant!
*Now if Prince Charles were to go to China and expose to the world the horrendous water and air pollution that exists there, then I could be supportive, as I am wholly in favor of a clean environment with minimal pollution; But this is all about power and nothing else!
*Cap and Tax is on the way because the GOP does not have the spine to expose this hoax, but instead sends Newt to complain about the cost; They lose before even getting out of the gate, and the merry-go-round goes round and round; New blood needed ASAP!
Wow. Those last two paragraphs about Gore really hit the nail on the head. I don’t out-and-out deny that global warming is happening, or that man is partially to blame. But I do deny that it’s a serious problem, and I certainly deny that government needs to step in and hamstring the world economy to stop it. There are much bigger problems out there (do some searches for what Bjorn Lomberg has researched on the environment).
It’s infuriating to me how Gore essentially bullies people into his position. While it’s true that most scientists believe in global warming, the effects of it are still very much under debate. Yet global warming and environmental catastrophe are always directly linked.
Ugh.
What we need is a Latter-day Martin Luther to nail a protest of the use of Indulgences (Carbon Offsets) to the Green House door. Just like indulgences carbon offsets will hurt the poor and indefensible the most. But then again why should noobs like Gore and the ONE care, they got theirs.
Its Prince Charles. Stupidity is implied.
No hypocrisy here. Just another case of the pot calling the kettle black.
And, who can forget Gore’s,
If he could just find a way to make money on this “crisis.” Heh!
As I tell my friends, I could care less about some prince in England, or even the royalty in all. They are like celebrites to be “worshipped” when it’s a slow news day in Hollywood. As far as Al Gore goes…send him to Mexico. At least if he gets a fever, he’ll think it’s because of global warming. It might make him happy.
FIFY.
Al Glorbal: one of the biggest snake oil sales man yet…thanks to kool aid drinkers and recipients of government grants.
“The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is ignorance of work.” – GK Chesterton
This is witchcraft.
We are running towards a new Dark Age.
Blasphemy!! The Goracle will see you burn. Or not, since that would release carbon into the atmosphere. OK, then…well…he’ll get really, really mad at you. There, that’ll show you.
They could just strap me to their private jet engine exhaust…
a two-fer…!!!
Can I get credit for any future Attempted Murders from all of of my previous past Attempted Pregnancies?
Im starting to like what I hear…. =8-0
Sounds like a great idea… Court: Mr. Smith, you have been found guilty of first-degree murder. You’re hereby sentenced to impregnate 2 women within the probationary period of 90 days, or 3 women within 6 months. Abortions denied.
That just brings up bad memories of being a duma$$ 18yr old Marine. I was so tough I could stand behind an idling fighter jet and breathe the exhaust fumes for as long as I wanted to.
Theres a cure for being stupid enough to not come in out of the rain. Its called lightning.
Hmm, I’m thinking that I may need to get into the murder offset business…
I was crossing my company area at Ft. Polk, being a good troop, on a cloudy day.
Suddenly, BAM!!!…a lightening bolt struck a power pole not 40 yards away. I could smell the ozone…
Gave me religion… When I landed…
As applies to all the eco’s while chirling.
Royalty. Bah !
let’s be honest here men, how smart can bonny prince charlie be. he traded in lady di for camilla. now i understand the theory of happy life=ugly wife, but damn that girl is a two bagger for sure.
Well, it is pretty obvious that the AGW fundamentalist preachers like Gore are turning a buck on this farce.
Democrat projection, redux.
Algore is laughing all the way to the bank. Until we find a way to control solar activity, weather patterns, and the jet stream, etc, we better learn to adapt to any “climate change.” Oh yes, no more “Gorebal Warming”, that didn’t work too well, so now we get “climate change.” What a farce.
I will be the first to admit there is climate change. It’s called the “four seasons!”
Al Gore should look in the mirror. He’s the one who has “played on our fears” for his own profit. It’s Al and the rest of the warm-mongers who want to make money on climate change. It’s been over 3 years since Al told us we only had ten years left to save the planet. Since then, CO2 has continued to increase but global temperatures have not.
If he really believes his own propaganda about rising sea levels, why did Al purchase a house on the beach? And why hasn’t he made any progress in reducing his own carbon footprint? After he remodeled his house to make it more green, his energy bills went up, not down. His home uses more energy in a month than the average home uses in a year (and that is only one of his homes.) Can I sell carbon credits for the difference between Al’s footprint and mine?
When a warm summer melts more than the normal amount of ice in the Arctic, it’s attributed to Global Warming. But when a colder than usual winter refreezes the Arctic ice sheet, it’s not fair to point that out. They’ll say you don’t understand the difference between weather and climate. You see, one extra warm summer is “climate”, but an extra cold winter is just “weather”.
Oh by Jove how Jolly, Jolly good it is of the Prince and Mrs. Prince to jet off to Europe and speak wisdom to them. Our worries are so over. It is sad that the citizens of the UK have to fork up millions of dollars so that the princy-poo and his squeeze can create an entry for the royal diary.
I don’t know – an empty plane fly by the Statue of Liberty of Air Force One and a couple fighter escorts makes an awfully big carbon footprint.
I might have to give this one a tie between Dumb and Dumber. (Charles and Barak)
I guess brains and common sense skipped a generation.
Please, somebody tell me the answer to this question–If Bernie Madoff had most or a good hunk of his ponzi scheme in “carbon offsets”, would we have ever heard of him?
I’m sure that it’s been said before, but the fact that the “carbon footprint” of the elite do not apply when it comes to “saving the planet.” The elite are exceptional, and that is all there is to it. In their manner of “thinking” you cannot place the same standards upon them as the rest of us. They are excluded from all possible hardships and every manner of existence from the rest of us serfs.
Feudalism is making a huge comeback, so how can you expect a PRINCE to slum like everyone else?