Al Gore in a Prius?
(Rick Jurgens, Media News) - Former Vice President Al Gore appeared in Berkeley on Monday to lend his celebrity and reputation as a crusader against global warming to a measure on California’s Nov. 7 ballot that would tax oil companies to raise $4 billion for green energy projects.“I’m here to change peoples’ minds on the climate crisis and to support Prop 87,'’ Gore called to a group of reporters after he emerged from the “100 miles per gallon'’ Toyota Prius that brought him to a noontime rally in a sun-drenched park behind Berkeley’s City Hall.
His motorcade also included three motorcycles, two limousines and a Dodge Ram 1500 light duty truck.
A 100 miles per gallon Prius?! Toyota’s own site says 55 mpg and a recent report says all hybrids get less than their window sticker indicates. How the heck did the big guy get in the car? He must have had the seat all the way back. You know he probably had it waiting around the corner and then drove it up to the podium…just like when he walked from the SUV carrying him to another rally, walking the remaining 100 feet or so to get there.
