Suzuki hypocrisy lambasted

FINALLY a few media types have begun saying what this scribe has been bellowing for years: David Suzuki is a ridiculous hypocrite on the environment.

The celebrity expert on global warming (who like most celebrity Chicken Littles is not a climatologist) has come under severe criticism for his Dirty Diesel Bus Tour.

It's instructive that no one even thought to ask whether the coast to coast to coast bus tripping was an effective tool to conduct his propaganda tour let alone whether the massive bus, its tons of equipment and supplies, ten employees (including Suzuki and the driver) was running on bio-diesel or the regular disgusting dirty stuff.

Today we finally have the admission that yes, it is a regular dirty diesel bus, identical to the type used by rock stars and other self-aggrandizing celebrities. They could have used bio-diesel or regular fuel blended with "soybeans or canola" one source said but a Suzuki spokesman said "that would have voided the engine's warranty."

The spokesperson claimed the Suzuki organization would later "purchase high-quality carbon offsets that support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects."

A Winnipeg Sun writer (I could not find their column online and the Glib and Mail typically does not mention the competition by name) said Suzuki "may want to look in his own back yard before lecturing Canadians on how they're destroying the earth" because his bus releases lots of carbon dioxide.

Not to worry. Since he is much better than you, as usual the rules don't apply, he'll just con you into giving him money so he can do the tour in his dirty diesel bus, polluting the atmosphere and releasing GHGs and then buy some 'credits' with your donations later. Ah, life as an untouchable enviro-saviour!

The tour cost over $300,000. No word whether that includes the "forgiveness" Suzuki will be buying with donated monies after the 'wrap.' The Globe quotes a Suzuki spokesman as saying they will be buying $80,000 dollars worth of forgiveness by the way.

Let's see the receipt, your holiness.