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December 2, 2009
Glittering Ecohypocrites Parade
Posted by Van Helsing at December 2, 2009 9:46 AM
The Times Online rounds up some of the most egregious ecohypocrites among the preachy glitterpigs of the entertainment industry:
There was Sheryl Crow, who had called upon the public to refrain from using more than one square of toilet paper per visit ("except on those pesky occasions when two or three are required") and who was leading a Stop Global Warming concert tour across America. It was revealed that while Crow travelled in a biodiesel tour bus, her 30-person entourage followed in a fleet of 13 gas-guzzling vehicles.
John Travolta notoriously encouraged the British public to do its bit to fight global warming — after flying into London on one of his five, yes, five private jets (one of which is a Boeing 707). In 2006 his piloting hobby produced an estimated 800 tons of carbon emissions, more than a hundred times the output of the average Briton, according to the Carbon Trust.
It is less well known that Tom Cruise — who has campaigned for the LA-based environmental group Earth Communications Office — also has an air fleet and a licence to pilot his five planes, including a top-of-the-line customised Gulfstream jet he bought for his wife, Katie Holmes.
[Draft dodger] Harrison Ford, who is vice-chairman on the board of Conservation International, voices public-service messages for an environmental federation called EarthShare, and once shaved his chest hair to illustrate the effects of deforestation, is another hobby pilot. He once owned a Gulfstream but now makes do with a smaller Cessna Citation Sovereign eight-seater jet, four propeller planes and a helicopter.
Oprah Winfrey, who preaches eco-virtue from her TV pulpit, travelled in a 13-seat Gulfstream IV private jet for years — the preferred model for celebrities and the super-rich. (She has replaced it with a faster Bombardier Global Express.) …
Jennifer Aniston told reporters that to save the Earth's precious water resources she brushes her teeth while in the shower. But she also flew a hairdresser to Europe to accompany her on a recent publicity tour for the film Marley & Me.
Perhaps more egregious, because she is a much more in-your-face global-warming campaigner, is Dame Trudie Styler, film financier and wife of Sting. Not only do she and her husband run seven homes and travel between them in private jets and a fleet of cars, but in 2007 an employment tribunal revealed Styler was furious when her pregnant chef refused to travel 100 miles to prepare some soup and salad. (The chef had regularly made the trip in the past, travelling by train and taxi.) … When challenged, Styler reportedly defended herself by saying: "Yes, I do take planes. My life is to travel and to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies."
[Sanctimoniously liberal] U2's latest world tour features three stages and a giant claw that ensures as many spectators as possible get a decent view. Alas, transporting the whole shebang around the world is estimated by carbonfootprint.com to produce the carbon equivalent of the annual emissions of 6,500 British homes — or a rocket trip to Mars and back.
Coldplay's Chris Martin … discussed his angry global-warming song, then boasted about his family's profligate private jet use, saying of his daughter: "As she gets older, hopefully she'll come and see us when she wants. I always thought it'd be cool to be in school and say, 'I'm not coming in today — I'm off to Costa Rica to see my dad play.' I do think that wins you a few points." Martin replied to criticism by pointing out that he paid for the planting of mango trees to offset the carbon emissions of his tours and flights home.
Not even the pathologically self-indulgent entertainment world can top The Goracle for ecohypocrisy:
At the end of the film An Inconvenient Truth, the unbearably earnest former presidential candidate Al Gore asked his audience: "Are you ready to change the way you live?" His own huge Nashville mansion consumed over 20 times the electricity of an average American home. Indeed, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, it burnt twice as much power in the month of August 2006 than most American homes do in an entire year. Another inconvenient truth revealed that the former senator spent $500 a month just to heat the indoor swimming pool in his lavish domestic establishment.
Prince Albert's hypocrisy is in turn dwarfed by the high-flying supranational bureauweenies who dream of ruling the world under global eco-socialism:
The Copenhagen summit next week will generate vast quantities of hot air. It will see 16,500 people coming in from 192 countries. That amounts to 41,000 tons of carbon dioxide, roughly the same as the carbon emissions of Morocco in 2006.
But of course, environmentalism means the little people suffer and sacrifice on behalf of a hoax, not the liberal elite ruling class.
On tips from Edward and Charles O.
Comments
was Jimmy Fallon there?
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Posted by: Blackford Oakes at December 2, 2009 9:54 AM
What is it about celebrity and fame that so warps some of these people?
I mean, how can you honestly say this sentence and not have your head explode from cognitive dissonance?
"Yes, I do take planes. My life is to travel and to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies."
Posted by: EvilResident at December 2, 2009 10:01 AM
Gosh, it's almost like those people realize that Global Warming is a scam and that carbon dioxide emission has no significant impact on global climate.
I liken them to televangelists who by day rail against the evils of alcohol, gambling, and adultery... then at night show up drunk at casino with a hooker on each arm.
It tends to make one doubt their sincerity.
Posted by: V the K at December 2, 2009 10:05 AM
More Do as I say, not as I do typical liberal behavior. Reminds me of the South Park episode (and V the K can appreciate this) with Rob Reiner campaigning for a "healthier world" against smoking while eating burgers like they were Tic-Tacs.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154264
Posted by: Atomic Lib Smasher at December 2, 2009 10:19 AM
I owned a Citation for almost 16 years--A Chverolet Citation II to be specific. Not a fancy car, but good, basic reliable transportation--no air conditioning, hand crank windows, AM radio--replaced by a two cassette decks/radios in those 16 years. Consistent 28-30 miles to the gallon on and up to 47 miles to the gallon on a road trip. No biofulel, just good ol' dinosaur juice.
Steel bumpers, cast iron block and head engine, front wheel drive, with four snow tires it would go just about anywhere I needed to go. So, Tom Cruise, what kind of car did you drive from the mid-eighities until 2001?
Posted by: Graycat at December 2, 2009 10:29 AM
Uh -- you did realize the 'Citation' being referred to in the article is a bizjet, not a car?
Posted by: RNB at December 2, 2009 10:44 AM
Gees, these assholes piss me off. What a collection of dolts. From now on, my standard is if I'm greener than algore, I'm green enough. F YOU AL!!!!
Posted by: man of few words at December 2, 2009 12:11 PM
I think all these folks have consumed enough fuel for a lifetime. We should pass a law that criminal fuel consumers like these bozos should be forced to walk every where for the rest of their lives. That ought to keep them out of trouble.
Posted by: Judith M. at December 2, 2009 12:31 PM
This is what realy ruffles my feathers are these DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO hollyweird eco-green weenieheads and especialy JOHN TRAVOLTA in his 707 doing all this holier then thou green freak postering while maming all those poor birds
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at December 2, 2009 12:35 PM
RNB--Yes, I realize the Citation being referred to is a lib-jet. My point was that I drove a basic, no frills 1985 Chevy Citation II almost 16 years, (ironically named the same as the jet) thanks to a sturdy well-made car and lots of maitentance, and few repairs. It served me well, just as much as it would have served any lib-jet, santimonious liberal who preaches about everyone's evil ways and yet have multiple homes, gas guzzling cars, personal jets etc. Don't ya know a joke and humor when ya read it? Yeeeesssh! Apparently, you don't know liberal do as I say and not as I do.
Posted by: Graycat at December 2, 2009 12:46 PM
If you want to stop enabling this staggeringly hypocritical moonbattery, then stop buying the mindless crap produced by the entertainment industry.
These idiots only have multiple, personally owned jets because mindless sheep fork out $100/mo for premium TV and $25/DVD to sit in a vegetative state in front of a television.
There are better, more enriching things to do with your lives.
Do you really need to see the seven hundredth installment of "Formulaic Character Confronts Predictable Plot Device"?
Posted by: Anonymous Countermoonbat at December 2, 2009 2:04 PM
"Formulaic Character Confronts Predictable Plot Device"?
That sounds good. What time is it on?
Posted by: man of few words at December 2, 2009 2:43 PM
That Coldplay guy's comment really pissed me off. Perpetual adolescence, even after reproducing.
AnonCount, I'm doing my part.
Posted by: Karin at December 2, 2009 3:00 PM
Gwyneth Paltrow because so santimonious after she married that Coldplay guy that I will no longer go to or view her films or buy or listen to Coldplay. F you, Gwyneth. And your husband too. And the horse you rode in on.
Posted by: TrickleUpPolitics at December 2, 2009 4:46 PM
I forgot to explain that Gwyneth was criticizing America for being to violent a country in which to bring up her child Apple. So she's living overseas. So, apparently she no longer needs any greenbacks.
Posted by: TrickleUpPolitics at December 2, 2009 4:47 PM
I need some of those sweet, sweet carbon offset ducketts. How can I go about scamming liberals out of whatever little money they have?
Posted by: Atomic Lib Smasher at December 2, 2009 5:22 PM
