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Looking at this photo, another question comes to mind. How much extra greenhouse gasses are generated to produce enough power for those three displays, plus the LCD on the wall?]]>May 22nd 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Joking aside, I thought WE where the ones wasting energy. :P

C'mon Al, lrn2Expose]]>May 22nd 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Al Gore is nothing but a hypocrite who pushed for the bombing of Kosovo with depleted uranium munitions. Depleted uranium is highly radioactive and causes mutations in newborn children. Furthermore, it swirls into the atmosphere and spreads throughout the world. ]]>May 22nd 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
And for those of you saying that Al Gore's a hypocrite for using all that technology: #1, he's a busy, important guy, who probably actually makes use of it for business purposes and not for gaming like the rest of you losers, and #2, where in the world does it say that he just leaves it on when he walks out of the room? Work requires energy. All Al Gore has done is raise awareness of the climate change issue, and he does his best to make sure that the work and lifestyle he leads is in accordance with that. Nobody's perfect. Christ.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Get your facts straight.]]>May 23rd 2007 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Great computer set up. It makes mine own look small. I have one 23" apple cinema display and a 23" dell monitor hook up to a Power Mac G5. ]]>May 22nd 2007 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
And about the Apple screens: he's in the board of directors of Apple, so you'd expect him to use that stuff. And no, neither those screens, nor all the paper scattered around, are very eco-friendly.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26065-2004Dec25.html

ALL science journals attribute human CO2 waste as the MAJOR cause of global warming. Not some. Not most. All of them.]]>May 22nd 2007 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle

The producer Martin Durkin, has produced other dubious documentaries.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Shouldn't he go paper-less?]]>May 22nd 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
The man made a movie explaining the dangers of global warming and how it is caused. That does not mean he's some sort of hypocrite if he chooses not to live in the wild. Quite the contrary. He's already done a thousand times more for humankind than some weasly ignoramous like yourself could ever dream of.

In fact if there was a massive paper shortage and only one person was allowed to use paper for the rest of their life, it should be him.]]>May 22nd 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
The LCD panels he uses are way more eco-friendly than CRTs...

Paper in itself is not eco unfriendly - one it comes from a renuable resource, usually from tree farms rather than native forests; two it can be recycled.
]]>May 22nd 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Paper in itself is not eco unfriendly - one it comes from a renuable resource, usually from tree farms rather than native forests; two it can be recycled. "

And no energy was required to build three LCDs? Part of the "global warming" message is to consume less not just to use EnergyStar rated products. How does living in a big house with 3 huge monitors and a TV on = consume less?

And recycling paper requires energy. Coal, gas, oil, nuclear. You pick which one because I don't know of any solar power recyclers.

It's not about his message, but whether he abides by it.

]]>May 22nd 2007 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
http://digg.com/politics/Al_Gore_s_mansion_uses_20X_that_of_a_normal_American_household

As I said before, watch this:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2332531355859226455&q=Global+Warming+swindle]]>May 22nd 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Peace, you are a 1 percenter by not believing people are THE major contributors to global warming. That and cow farts!]]>May 22nd 2007 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
1. Apple iSight and the iSight boxon the shelf
2. The 2-tray laser printer under the desk
3. JBL Creature Speakers, though only one speaker is shown
4. What looks like an HP fax machine in the corner]]>May 23rd 2007 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
>Peace @ May 22nd 2007 7:17PM
>Please, click and watch this: >http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?>docid=2332531355859226455&q=Global+Warming+swindle

This documentary has been shown to be junk:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle

The producer Martin Durkin, has produced other dubious documentaries.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/07aug_southpole.htm

Mars' ice caps melting, too. It's to do with the sun, which is beyond human control.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/"Bill @ May 22nd 2007 7:16PM

Nice monitor setup there! Very impressed. Now I hope he's not just pretending to understand computers, and after the photo was shot, he picks up the mouse and tries talking into it or something.

Looking at this photo, another question comes to mind. How much extra greenhouse gasses are generated to produce enough power for those three displays, plus the LCD on the wall?"


I think he is most definitely pretending to understand computers. He invented the internet, remember? [/sarcasm] And i think that for these reasons:

1. That would be the reason for buying an Apple, would it not? Apples are, after all, designed on the principle that the people who buy them most likely don't know how to turn on a computer, let alone use one.

2. Al Gore is, like, a billion years old. He can't use a computer.

3. He blames humans for causing global warming. That right there makes him too ignorant to actually know how to use a computer.

4. He needs to stop being rich. No, that's not a reason, I just figured I should point that out. Anyone rich enough to afford 3 30-inch displays needs to stop at life.

Anyway, he is one of the many reasons i don't buy Apple products. I could go into the others, like shoddy quality and proprietary everything, but i won't.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Gore, the "savior" tiddles Mac keys. Ewwww. Better the Earth should turn to a cinder, right?]]>May 22nd 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
BTW, you're all trolls.]]>May 22nd 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
title: The truth about global warming - it's the Sun that's to blame

link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/18/wsun18.xml]]>May 22nd 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/glob-warm.html

"Some uncertainty remains about the role of natural variations in causing climate change. Solar variability certainly plays a minor role, but it looks like only a quarter of the recent variations can be attributed to the Sun. At most. During the initial discovery period of global warming, the magnitude of the influence of increased activity on the Sun was not well determined.

Solar irradiance changes have been measured reliably by satellites for only 30 years. These precise observations show changes of a few tenths of a percent that depend on the level of activity in the 11-year solar cycle. Changes over longer periods must be inferred from other sources. Estimates of earlier variations are important for calibrating the climate models. While a component of recent global warming may have been caused by the increased solar activity of the last solar cycle, that component was very small compared to the effects of additional greenhouse gases. According to a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). "...the solar increases do not have the ability to cause large global temperature increases...greenhouse gases are indeed playing the dominant role..." The Sun is once again less bright as we approach solar minimum, yet global warming continues."]]>May 22nd 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
You're a complete moron. It's an online version of some right-wing wacko newspaper in New Hampshire. Their 15 minutes of fame came from a controversey where the Regan campaign bribed them by paying them to host a debate during the 1980 Republican Primaries.

Real prestigious.]]>May 22nd 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/Sean O @ May 22nd 2007 8:30PM

>The Telegraph, presigous!!! LMAO! Are you kidding? You think it's prestigious because of what? They're British? It's not even British.

>You're a complete moron. It's an online version of some right-wing wacko newspaper in New Hampshire.

No, you're a complete moron. The Telegraph linked was the respected British Daily Telegraph. No association afaik to the New Hampshire Telegraph. Next time, read the links people provide for you before arguing against them - a simple courtesy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/18/wsun18.xml]]>May 23rd 2007 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Why is it the people who tell us we are consuming too much are usually the biggest consumers.

Why does Edwards rally about poverty but has a indoor basketball court in his mansion? Why does John Travolta say we need to do something about global warming but owns his own Boeing 727? What about leading by example?

Al Gore is one man and I am one man but I guarantee he leaves a bigger carbon trail on the planet than I do. Maybe he should buy some of my carbon credits so he can run 3 monitors and a TV at the same time while heating/cooling his super-sized home.]]>May 22nd 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 23rd 2007 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
Gotta love Al "Do as I say, not as I do" Gore.]]>May 23rd 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/
The chair looks like the Humanscale Freedom chair with headrest.

Not sure that dooms the planet or not. Probably.]]>May 22nd 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/22/al-gore-ex-vp-environmentalist-gadget-freak/May 22nd 2007 8:13PM