Goracle

Never have heard that nickname, but the media shite-storm generated by the Tennessee Centre (sic) for Policy Research (sic) was inevitable as Gore's Oscar.

An inconvenient truth: eco-warrior Al Gore's bloated gas and electricity bills | Energy | Guardian Unlimited Environment

Mr Gore, or the Goracle as he is now known, has so far kept out of the fray. He is flying high, his old image as Bill Clinton's wooden sidekick long since forgotten
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By yesterday morning Mr Gore's team was pulled into the controversy. Kalee Kreider, his environmental adviser, told the Guardian that “you can attack the messenger but the message remains the same”. She said Mr Gore's fuel bills failed to tell the whole picture. All the energy used for the Nashville home came from a green power provider to the Tennessee Valley that draws its energy from solar, wind-powered and methane gas supplies, among other sources.

The Gores were installing solar panels on the roof of their home, Ms Kreider added, and making efforts to reduce their energy needs. Besides, Mr Gore had adopted a “carbon neutral” life whereby any emissions for which he was personally responsible were offset by buying green credits such as parcels of forests.

“The point about vice-president Gore is that he's devoted 30 years of his life to educating people about global warming. That says something about the man,” she said.

Laurie David, the producer of An Inconvenient Truth, said that the furore was only to be expected. A leading global warming campaigner, she is familiar with criticism of this kind having been called a “jetstream liberal” for using private planes. “What this lame attempt to discredit Al Gore tells me is that we are winning. This is comedy at its best - it's straight out of the David Letterman show.”