Gore, circa 2004: Lengthy piece contains clues to his fuel-guzzling lifestyle, but no mention at all of global warming

'New Yorker' Editor [reports on Gore before he became a full-time global warming scam artist] : NPR

In the months after losing the battle for Florida's electoral votes and conceding the Presidency to George W. Bush, on December 13, 2000, Gore seemed to let himself go, dropping out of sight, traveling around Spain, Italy, and Greece for six weeks with his wife, Tipper.
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When Al and Tipper Gore had recovered from the initial shock of the 2000 election, they spent $2.3 million on the house they live in now: a hundred-year-old colonial on Lynwood Boulevard, in the Belle Meade section of Nashville. They still own a place in Arlington, Virginia — a house that was built by Tipper's grandfather — and a ninety-acre cattle farm in the Gore family seat of Carthage, Tennessee; but Arlington was perilously close to Washington, and Carthage was too remote for a full-time residence, especially for Tipper...There are fewer books and more televisions than you might expect....A 2004 black Cadillac, which Gore drives, was parked in the driveway. A '65 Mustang — a Valentine's Day gift from Al to Tipper — was parked in the garage.
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Excerpted from Reporting by David Remnick Copyright (c) 2006 by David Remnick.