He may be the veritable Pope of the First Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of Global Warming™ and the absolute hero of all of his sycophants, but Al Gore is about to be targeted – hard – by protesters. Not some right-wing, oil company financed people, either. Oh, no. This is almost too funny.
PETA is going after the Goreacle. With a vengeance.
He may be the hero of the environmental movement for his crusade against global warming but Al Gore is about to be targeted by animal rights activists over his carnivorous contribution to greenhouse gases.
Citing United Nations research that the meat industry is worse for the environment than driving and flying, animal rights groups are directing a campaign at the former American vice-president's diet.
When he delivers a lecture on global warming in Denver next month, protesters will display billboards bearing a cartoon image of Mr Gore eating a drumstick and the message: "Too chicken to go vegetarian? Meat is the No 1 cause of global warming".
The campaign is being organised by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) and is backed by other animal rights groups.
"For Al Gore, the fact that his diet is a leading contributor to global warming is a highly inconvenient truth – pun intended," said Matt Prescott, a spokesman for Peta.
It isn't enough that Gore uses 20 times the national average in energy at his home in Tennessee. It isn't enough that he flies in Gulfstream jets that emit around 10 tons of CO2 per 1,000 nautical miles. It isn't even enough that he chows down on endangered (or at least highly threatened) species. Maybe this time the biggest hypocrite in modern memory will finally get some attention. Nah, probably not. The media ignores the facts about Al and they studiously ignore PETA.
But the picture they are using is funnier than all heck.
