Itz News to Me

For years now we’ve been lectured by one celebrity after another telling us how we should all be driving hybrids, converting to alternative fuels, and otherwise conserving energy in every way possible. While all laudable goals, the spectre of being lectured by people who own multiple homes which are all way too big for them, heated swimming pools, private jets, limousines and generally extravagant lifestyles has been too much for most rational people to bear.

Now some of the biggest names in Hollywood are squirming after their wasteful habits were highlighted in the media.

Stars such as George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio were all singled out for  publicly driving hybrid or alternative fuel cars while privately jetting around the globe - wasting many more thousands of gallons of fuel than they ever saved with their “green” cars.

The article concludes:

Defenders of celebrity greens argue that the attention they bring to eco-issues is worth the ideological confusion, but others are less convinced. “If they flew on regular airlines they might be forgiven,” said a contributor to TMZ. “But flying private jets makes them look like idiots.”

…and that’s putting it nicely…

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