Mr. Kyoto Isn't So Green After All

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Editor's Note: The story of the Suzuki bus first originated here with Tom Brodbeck in the Winnipeg Sun (posted by atomcat), but it wasn't until this week that it's really gained traction, probably because of Al Gore's electrical bill, and because Suzuki finished his cross-country "If you were Prime-Minister" tour in Victoria, BC this week. He did the last leg by bike...maybe he was feeling the mounting pressure?

By TOM BRODBECK

Political activist David Suzuki — on a cross-country tour urging Canadians and politicians to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions — may want to look in his own backyard before lecturing Canadians on how they’re destroying the Earth.

With all the alternative-energy modes of transportation out there, Suzuki and his entourage are crossing Canada in a sprawling, “rock-star-style” diesel-burning tour bus, emitting more greenhouse gases during his 30-day tour than many of us do in a year.

That’s right. Mr. Kyoto isn’t so green after all.

“It’s diesel,” Jason Curan, a media staff member on the Suzuki tour told Sun Media yesterday. “It’s a tour bus — kind of like a rock-star tour bus.”

You know, one of those big-ass, diesel-guzzling, carbon-spewing beasts?

winnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck