Gore announces Live Earth concerts for climate change - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

stampeder · 2007-02-16, 01:25 PM

Somewhat related to the DHC Global Climate Change thread but a bit off topic:

Quote:

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Bon Jovi, the Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas and Faith Hill are among the performers who will take part.

The 24-hour event is part of Gore's Save Our Selves — The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis, which aims to bring attention to the need to move away from fossil fuels to prevent catastrophic climate change.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2...ive-earth.html

ilovemusic · 2007-02-17, 08:07 AM

I think it is a wonderful global awareness idea.....

Sirius Guy · 2007-02-17, 11:58 AM

All the hot air at that event will not help the planet.

I wonder if Al Gore will be taking his private jet?

Sirius Guy · 2007-02-24, 12:38 PM

This Sunday, Al Gore will probably win an Academy Award for his global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, a riveting work of science fiction.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...I5MGEwZTFhM2E=

A Toronto Star article this week felt obliged to ask whether Al Gore is helping to develop Ecophobia and wondered whether: Is Al Gore bad for your mental health?

http://www.thestar.com/article/184121

Sirius Guy · 2007-02-26, 10:37 PM

Gotta luv those limousine liberal's..

POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'.................

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

Sirius Guy · 2007-03-03, 10:40 AM

Gore can learn something about reducing his own carbon footprint from George W. Bush..

Chicago Tribune
Bush loves ecology --at home
April 29, 2001
By Rob Sullivan. Rob Sullivan is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles

The 4,000-square-foot house is a model of environmental rectitude.
Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this "eco-friendly" dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize.

A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem.

No, this is not the home of some eccentrically wealthy eco-freak trying to shame his fellow citizens into following the pristineness of his self-righteous example. And no, it is not the wilderness retreat of the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council, a haven where tree-huggers plot political strategy.

This is President George W. Bush's "Texas White House" outside the small town of Crawford

According to David Heymann, the house's architect and associate dean of the University of Texas architecture department, Heymann designed the house so that "every room has a relationship with something in the landscape that's different from the room next door. Each of the rooms feels like a slightly different place."

In a USA Today interview, Heymann said, "There's a great grove of oak trees to the west that protects it from the late afternoon sun. Then there is a view out to the north looking at hills, and to the east out over a lake, and the view to the south . . . out to beautiful hills."

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2007-02-17, 08:07 AM	#2
ilovemusic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peterborough Ontario Posts: 1,764	I think it is a wonderful global awareness idea.....

2007-02-17, 11:58 AM	#3
Sirius Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 638	All the hot air at that event will not help the planet. I wonder if Al Gore will be taking his private jet?

2007-02-24, 12:38 PM	#4
Sirius Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 638	This Sunday, Al Gore will probably win an Academy Award for his global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, a riveting work of science fiction. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...I5MGEwZTFhM2E= A Toronto Star article this week felt obliged to ask whether Al Gore is helping to develop Ecophobia and wondered whether: Is Al Gore bad for your mental health? http://www.thestar.com/article/184121

2007-02-26, 10:37 PM	#5
Sirius Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 638	Gotta luv those limousine liberal's.. POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'................. http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

2007-03-03, 10:40 AM	#6
Sirius Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 638	Gore can learn something about reducing his own carbon footprint from George W. Bush.. Chicago Tribune Bush loves ecology --at home April 29, 2001 By Rob Sullivan. Rob Sullivan is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles The 4,000-square-foot house is a model of environmental rectitude. Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this "eco-friendly" dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize. A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem. No, this is not the home of some eccentrically wealthy eco-freak trying to shame his fellow citizens into following the pristineness of his self-righteous example. And no, it is not the wilderness retreat of the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council, a haven where tree-huggers plot political strategy. This is President George W. Bush's "Texas White House" outside the small town of Crawford According to David Heymann, the house's architect and associate dean of the University of Texas architecture department, Heymann designed the house so that "every room has a relationship with something in the landscape that's different from the room next door. Each of the rooms feels like a slightly different place." In a USA Today interview, Heymann said, "There's a great grove of oak trees to the west that protects it from the late afternoon sun. Then there is a view out to the north looking at hills, and to the east out over a lake, and the view to the south . . . out to beautiful hills."