No doubt there are paid shills and miscreants on all sides of the argument. For those not in those camps perhaps undecided, or unconvinced, or open to further proof, would be more suitable, however inconvenient that may be
As Etudiant said, who knows their motive ? Without direct interview (and likely interrogation under truth serum!
we simply don't know enough information and can observe the behaviour as the most telling factor.
The most effective leaders will faithfully model the very behaviour they propose everyone else follow. This 'energy audit' from publicly available information shows AL Gore at 20-odd times + the national average energy consumption falling far short of that.
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/20...s “effective” leadership have to do with AGW?