The AP is playing up Al Gore’s use of public transportation while in Norway to accept his Nobel:
Former Vice President Al Gore arrived in Oslo on Friday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize he shared for the campaign against global warming, and shunned the traditional airport motorcade in favor of climate-friendly public transport. […]
Before his arrival with his wife Tipper, Gore informed his hosts that he would not need the traditional motorcade from the airport, preferring to take the high-speed and environmentally friendly airport train and then walking to his downtown Oslo hotel.
“I use public transport when I can. It isn’t always possible,” Gore told The Associated Press while walking up Oslo’s main street to his hotel. He said the train was much faster than a limousine, but that it was also a symbol of efforts to reduce pollution in hopes of slowing climate change.
“It is a gesture. It is also one of the changes we are all going to have to be doing anyway,” Gore said.
The AP should have asked, however, how Al Gore got from the U.S. to Norway. If it was on a private jet, it makes Gore’s “it’s a gesture” comment all the more vacuous.
UPDATE: Or even better, the AP should have asked about Gore’s luggage. Newsubsters caught that the luggage arrived at the hotel by a Mercedes van. An inconvenient hypocrite if you ask me.