Not about the pot or the pills that Al the third didn’t have a prescription for, but what a waste of energy.

Al Gore’s son was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after deputies pulled him over for speeding, authorities said.

Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway when he was pulled over at about 2:15 a.m., Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.

The deputies said they smelled marijuana and searched the car, Amormino said. They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder, he said.

“He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs,” Amormino said.

Air drag is proportional to velocity squared, which essentially means that your vehicle expends more energy for every mile per hour increase than was used to increase the previous mile per hour.  Despite his cutesy attempt to save the world by driving a Prius he was just burning more fossil fuels than necessary to get from point A to point B.  Maybe he can buy some carbon offsets to make up for his energy excesses.

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