Gore’s fighting words for general aviation?

gorefinger“Fine by me. Sounds like a good idea.” — Former Vice President Al Gore, when asked by Tom Brokaw on “Meet the Press” whether there should be a surcharge on jet fuel for private aviation, which Brokaw said “leaves a very large carbon footprint”

14 Comments

  1. Regular
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 6:51 am | Permalink

    Gore never met a tax he didn’t like.

  2. Posted July 22, 2008 at 7:05 am | Permalink

    Once again, Alger Gore, The stupidest man to ever rise to high public office.

    And what does that make all his followers who hang on his every word?

  3. Posted July 22, 2008 at 7:24 am | Permalink

    Saying it with two nics does not make it so there Jimmy mac.

    Al Gore is one of the brightest minds of this day. Here again, he is correct.

    I say we also look at cutting down on military aviation. Do we REALLY need air force tankers in the air 24/7 in a time of peace?

  4. Posted July 22, 2008 at 7:41 am | Permalink

    A good idea range between $ 10 and $ 100, although in the links this can go up to $ 1,000. A Kansas counts the links in air force tankers around military aviation with Al Gore sheltering no less than 11 of them. If you decide to accept a good idea like this, be sure to look at peace.

  5. outlander
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 7:42 am | Permalink

    A dilemma of sorts for local GW alarmists. Support good paying aviation related jobs OR continue to let Al Gore lead them by the nose even while global temps continue to cool.

    Might even be tough one for Scholfield.

  6. Jack
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 9:22 am | Permalink

    Gore is a mindless AH
    Talk about a waste of skin..He’s bad as Bush!

  7. george
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 11:42 am | Permalink

    There is no global warming and no amount of fuel tax will change that. Leave industry alone they are job creators. Gore is out of cink and tune totally and so are the ones who believe the crap he puts out.

  8. Franklin
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    Al Gore is a moron and a complete hypocrite.

    The question of whether the Earth is warming or cooling, over the last few years, is not even the point.

    The point is: Should we drastically change our way of life due to the dubious prediction that such change might improve future climate conditions?

    The answer is: NO!

    Even if the entire world signed on to some type of treaty, it would be widely ignored. Even if the entire world accepted such a treaty, and followed it, such a treaty would not make any real difference, anyway.

    Are we willing to go to war, to enforce Global Warming treaties? If not, what good are such treaties?

    China and India will not let their people starve so that Al Gore can make money on his Global Warming religion.

    Eventually, Global Warming hype will be the downfall of the Democrats.

  9. cosmos_originally
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    econ posted July 22, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    The question of whether the Earth is warming or cooling, over the last few years, is not even the point.
    ————-

    Earth has been warming since the 1970’s, because of anthropogenic GHG’s.

    “Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us.” Henrik Tikkanen

  10. Posted July 22, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

    Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us.” Henrik Tikkanen

    No, more like they won’t forget the morons who believed in Global Warming. They’ll be laughing stock of all history classes from grade school to high school.

  11. cosmos_originally
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    No, they’ll be wondering why you people were so dumb you believed lies and nonscientific nonsense from right-wing, fossil-fuel funded think(sic) tanks.

  12. Posted July 22, 2008 at 9:09 pm | Permalink

    Since when did Al Gore become a scientist? The MSM repeats his rhetoric and reports only what the scientists say who sell out their profession for a cheap buck by this GW LIE!!! I hate to say it but I guess some of you are as gullible and wet behind the ear just as they need you to be. You know it and so does the MSM, there are real scientist out there disputing everything that Al Gore is saying. You just keep closing your ears like the little monkey that says “hear no evil”

  13. cosmos_originally
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 9:24 pm | Permalink

    “. . . there are real scientist out there disputing everything that Al Gore is saying.”
    ———

    If they had credible, peer-reviewed climate science to support their claims, you people wouldn’t be spreading lies and nonscientific nonsense.

  14. Posted July 22, 2008 at 9:46 pm | Permalink

    “Should we drastically change our way of life due to the dubious prediction that such change might improve future climate conditions?”

    The answer is yes. Our current lifestyle is not sustainable. Not for us and certainly not for the rest of the planet’s people.