Foolish Thinking About Al Gore's House, Events

Al Gore gets plenty of criticism for being hypocritical -- he 'preaches' about reduced consumption and has lavish houses and flys in chartered jets, and the events he is planning will generate plenty of additional greenhouse warming.

Let me suggest that the trendline is clear -- more affluent cultures produce less pollution, have better health, and have the technological options to be better stewards of the environment. Poorer people have fewer choices, fewer options.

So an alternative line of thinking is this: "What can we do to raise the standards of living for everyone, and continue to find creative ways to leave a lighter footprint?"