New Ads Hit Gore's Energy 'Hypocrisy,' Critic Says A national advertising campaign contrasting Al Gore's "energy-consuming lifestyle" with the need for energy in developing countries was launched by a conservative think tank Tuesday despite charges from global warming activists that the new effort merely recycles old attacks on the former vice president. "Activists are always warning us about the alleged threats from global warming, but they are usually silent about the much more immediate dangers from global warming policies," Sam Kazman, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), said after the new ad was unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. "Restricting access to affordable energy is a sure recipe for increasing poverty, disease and human misery around the world," said Kazman, who helped create the 60-second spotto run over the next two weeks in markets across the country, including Boston, Phoenix, Orlando, Pittsburgh and the nation's capital. The advertisement begins with the sound of a chain being pulled and video of a light bulb coming on. "Here's the electricity we use at home," a male narrator says. The bulb then goes dark as four rows of five bulbs come on behind it. "Al Gore uses 20 times as much," the narrator continues, referring to a report released last year on the former vice president's Nashville mansion by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research....