Best Foot Forward

In the past the not insignificant personal footprint of Al Gore, seasoned US politician and now the world's most famous (and travelled) climate campaigner, has been justified by means of 'intellectual offsetting' - a new term coined to write-off personal impacts for the greater good.

However bloggers have been less charitable to Senator John McCain, whose 7+ homes have been recently estimated to emit 150 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year - 10 times the footprint of an average American. Perhaps it's not surprising then that his Climate Change Plan makes no mention of reducing consumption - but instead relies solely on market-based cap-and-trade mechanisms and "advanced technology". Of course being apolitical there is no comment from BFF on which party we would like to see gaining power for the next four years...!