Okay, he’s the second democrat that I know of to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Jimmy Carter is the first that springs to mind.

I can honestly see why Jimmy Carter got his.  He has made huge strives to make humanity a better place and has worked towards it. But Al Gore? He’s an activist and I do think it’s great he is bringing the dangers of Global Warming to the forefront but it’s not like he has solved the problem or even cut it down.  This is the man who  used 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, more than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kilowatt-hours, to heat his 20 room home and pool house. If anyone else is spending $30,000 a year on utilities, raise your hand. No one? Really?

I don’t know anyone else who has a 20 room home and pool house though. So maybe that is the issue? And what about all those film stars, directors, celebrities that claim to love the planet but live in vast homes that probably eat energy and resources up by the gigawatt?

Now don’t get me wrong. I think we need to take care of the planet (it will be fine without us but if we screw up so we can’t live on it, well, we’re screwed!) and I think Global Warming is an issue we need to look at closely. We need to reduce, reuse, recycle like we were taught in school. But Al Gore getting the Peace Prize? What about the scientists and activists that have worked for years not only trying to get the word out but researching and finding alternatives? Not just funding an Oscar winning film.

I think the inconvenient truth here is that Gore is expecting us to listen and do certain things for the planet but he’s not ponying up himself. It’s great that he has really brought this issue so openly to the world, especially consumer happy Americans. But it’s time for him to put his money where his mouth is. Cut back or REDUCE!