The Pledge - The Pledge

Day 1352

OF FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT
AL GORE'S REFUSAL TO TAKE THE

"PERSONAL ENERGY ETHICS PLEDGE"
UPDATE: Hollywood Celebrities Challenged To Take The "Gore Pledge" - In the spirit of Earth Day, Senator Inhofe issued a challenge to all Hollywood global warming activists...To read more, click here. Senator Inhofe discussed his Earth Day challenge to Hollywood and the "Gore Pledge" on Fox and Friends, to watch click here.
During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on March 21, 2007, “Vice President Al Gore’s Perspective on Global Warming,” former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” to consume no more energy than the average American household
The pledge was presented to Gore by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. At the hearing, Senator Inhofe showed Gore a frame from Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth” where Gore asks viewers:
 
“Are you ready to change the way you live?”
Gore has been criticized for excessive home energy usage at his residence in Tennessee. His electricity usage is reportedly 20 times higher than the average American household.
Senator Inhofe told Gore at the hearing. “There are hundreds of thousands of people who adore you and would follow your example by reducing their energy usage if you did. Don’t give us the run-around on carbon offsets or the gimmicks the wealthy do.”
It has been reported  that many of these so-called carbon offset projects would have been done anyway. Also, carbon offset projects such as planting trees can take decades or even a century to sequester the carbon emitted today. So energy usage today results in greenhouse gases remaining in the atmosphere for decades, even with the purchase of so-called carbon offsets.
Senator Inhofe asked Gore, “Are you willing to make a commitment here today by taking this pledge to consume no more energy for use in your residence than the average American household by one year from today?”
Senator Inhofe then presented Vice President Gore with the following "Personal Energy Ethics Pledge":

As a believer:

-that human-caused global warming is a moral, ethical, and spiritual issue affecting our survival;

-that home energy use is a key component of overall energy use;

 -that reducing my fossil fuel-based home energy usage will lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions; and

 -that leaders on moral issues should lead by example;

 I pledge to consume no more energy for use in my residence than the average American household by March 21, 2008.”

Gore refused to take the pledge. 
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