In past arguments, er discussions, I've had concerning bias in global warming research and reporting, I've tried to explain just how much money there is to be made in the green industry. Al Gore is apparently the number one of example. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming skeptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.Mr. Gore is unapologetic.Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, asserted at a hearing this year that Mr. Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt.
Mr. Gore says that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is.(I'm sure he would say that repeating himself is an indication of his passion, not his guilt.) Just because there is money to be made by pushing global warming doesn't disprove it of course. It should just raise your suspicions. If Phillip Morris pushed science that suggested smoking was the path the a healthy mind and body, I think most people would be skeptical."Do you think there is something wrong with being active in business in this country?" Mr. Gore said. "I am proud of it. I am proud of it."
Note the the New York Times does its best to diffuse the issue, running with the headline "Gore's Dual Role in Spotlight: Advocate and Investor". A close second choice (as I submitted to FARK.com) was probably "Al Gore now eligible for Nobel prize in economics."






Comments (24)
Hes eligible for a coronary... (Below threshold)1. Posted by 914 | November 3, 2009 12:34 AM | Score: 4 (10 votes cast)
Hes eligible for a coronary anytime now judging by the deep fried grease that spatters everytime He opens that fat ass mouth.
1. Posted by 914 | November 3, 2009 12:34 AM |
Score: 4 (10 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 00:34
2. Posted by Michael Laprarie | November 3, 2009 12:46 AM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
This subject first gained widespread blog attention back in April:
Nice to see that the NYT is only six months behind bloggers on this story. Just reporting it is probably a giant step for them.
2. Posted by Michael Laprarie | November 3, 2009 12:46 AM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 00:46
3. Posted by poptoy | November 3, 2009 5:19 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Al Gore likes to make money the dishonest way. Pure and simple. Democrats help him. Imagine that!
3. Posted by poptoy | November 3, 2009 5:19 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 05:19
4. Posted by JLawson | November 3, 2009 7:17 AM | Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Al Gore - sleazy huckster warning us about the horrible, terrible, just-plain-no-good eEvills of Global Warming.
Hurricanes! Typhoons! Earthquakes! Melting Glaciers! Burning oceans! Drowning polar bears! Polar Toppling! Dogs and cats living together! Oh, teh HORRORS! He says we must do whats we cans to STOPS it now! Al Gore says we must stops the Carbon, or buy indulgences to atone for teh sin of technolology and electricty, and flying, and driving, and... and... hell, just plain living in a society advanced beyond a hunter-gatherer stage.
And isn't it convenient that he just HAPPENED to come along at the right time with the right business interests to promote a 'cure' for the 'problem' he was pushing... which incidentally would make him richer than hell, while requiring the rest of us to cut back and do without - which is something Al Gore is very visibly NOT doing, with his huge mansion and jetting all over the place?
Yeah, what's wrong with this picture?
4. Posted by JLawson | November 3, 2009 7:17 AM |
Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 07:17
5. Posted by Stan25 | November 3, 2009 7:24 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Just watch ole owlgore will not have to pay any taxes on any of that money he steals from the gullible idiots that will buy into his bs
5. Posted by Stan25 | November 3, 2009 7:24 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 07:24
6. Posted by MPR | November 3, 2009 8:37 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Paybacks are a bitch America. Al is paying us back for not electing him in 2000. 580 million taxpayer dollars for his car company, not in America by the way, should make him feel better. He knows better than deal with the UAW. Sore loser liberals cashing in is becoming to common these days..
6. Posted by MPR | November 3, 2009 8:37 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 08:37
7. Posted by dfbaskwill | November 3, 2009 8:53 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Algore first made money growing and selling tobacco. He then demonized tobacco to make much more. He has also sold influence as a US Senator. Now he is making more than ever selling carbon credits. I fully expect he'll eventually start selling actual carbon to be placed into the atmosphere when we undergo a period of rapid planetary cooling. The man has never made an honest $. My only hope is that he finally gets what is rightfully coming to him.
7. Posted by dfbaskwill | November 3, 2009 8:53 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 08:53
8. Posted by Hank | November 3, 2009 9:41 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I still think Gore is insane.
Very smart, business-wise, but insane.
8. Posted by Hank | November 3, 2009 9:41 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 09:41
9. Posted by MPR | November 3, 2009 9:50 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
An insane opportunist.
9. Posted by MPR | November 3, 2009 9:50 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 09:50
10. Posted by TexBob | November 3, 2009 10:05 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Just follow the money in this Global Warming Scam and much of it trails to the Goracle.
Get ready for a cold winter. I hope his house Tennessee suffers under repeated ice storms this winter. Wonderful Karma for AlGore.
10. Posted by TexBob | November 3, 2009 10:05 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 10:05
11. Posted by Robert | November 3, 2009 10:46 AM | Score: -14 (16 votes cast)
Gore is paying the Rescumicans back for stealing the election from him in 2000. Cheating is the only way repugs can win. Like when the completely lied about and smeared the name of a Great American War Hero...John Kerry.
11. Posted by Robert | November 3, 2009 10:46 AM |
Score: -14 (16 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 10:46
12. Posted by Brian Richard Allen
| November 3, 2009 10:52 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I could weigh in with some observations of my own on the world's at one time most dangerous dullard, Al-Fredo Gore-leone.
But the beautiful, gracious, delectable and altogether delightful (and so far I'm only discussing her intellect, her graciousness, her humility and her impeccable Good manners) Miss Ann Coulter, already has America's (il)liberals tits in terrible tangles for having used the Gore definition in the same sentence as "John Edwards." (Who reacted like a Narcissist to Truth!)
12. Posted by Brian Richard Allen
| November 3, 2009 10:52 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 10:52
13. Posted by GarandFan | November 3, 2009 11:01 AM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Robert....you can go out and play with the other kids now.
As for Gore. I thought Democrats HATED rich people. Isn't Gore one of those filthy RICH, EVIL CEO's?
13. Posted by GarandFan | November 3, 2009 11:01 AM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 11:01
14. Posted by GarandFan | November 3, 2009 11:05 AM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Oh, and as for "global warming", you'll now note that it's CLIMATE CHANGE. Well the climate has been CHANGING since day 1 on this planet. You can find the fossilized remains of crocodiles in the Sahara Desert. Personally, I think it's the height of human conceit that we can STOP climate change. Once people realize that, I wonder what new phrase The Goracle will coin.
14. Posted by GarandFan | November 3, 2009 11:05 AM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 11:05
15. Posted by JustRuss IT1(SW) USN [retired] | November 3, 2009 11:07 AM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
I really hope Robert was being obtuse on purpose, if so that would be a REALLY funny post.
If not...
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15. Posted by JustRuss IT1(SW) USN [retired] | November 3, 2009 11:07 AM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 11:07
16. Posted by 914 | November 3, 2009 11:40 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
"Gore is paying the Rescumicans back for stealing the election from him in 2000."
Yeah, but His fat ass came so close. If they would have only recounted another 42X He coulda won.
"Cheating is the only way repugs can win. Like when the completely lied about and smeared the name of a Great American War Hero...John Kerry."
Dont sweat it. Your "Great American War Zero" Is doing just fine sponging off of rich heiresses just the way He sponged off the military and lied His treacherous ass off to gain medals.
16. Posted by 914 | November 3, 2009 11:40 AM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 11:40
17. Posted by Nancy's Nazi | November 3, 2009 11:41 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
If he doesn't lay off the Krispy Kremes he won't be around to enjoy his $.
17. Posted by Nancy's Nazi | November 3, 2009 11:41 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 11:41
18. Posted by Will Johnston | November 3, 2009 1:15 PM | Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Corporations pour tons of money into lobbying for policies that would increase their profits. How is Al Gore any worse than that?
18. Posted by Will Johnston | November 3, 2009 1:15 PM |
Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 13:15
19. Posted by Mac Lorry | November 3, 2009 1:33 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
One thing that's true is that Al Gore invented a new way of converting carbon into diamond, at lest from a monetary perspective. Al Gore makes Bernie Madoff look like a smalltime lunch money thief by comparison, as Al has shown big business there's money to be made in the climate scam bandwagon. What they don't see is the cliff mother nature put in the path of their bandwagon. The sign on it's rim reads... "Global cooling brought to you by a calm sun."
19. Posted by Mac Lorry | November 3, 2009 1:33 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 13:33
20. Posted by JLawson | November 3, 2009 2:08 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
How is Al Gore any worse than that?
Because the companies WANT their businesses to continue. Without a customer base, they can't sell their products.
Gore's selling Global Warming - which may or may not exist but for which all the proposed remedies will be friggin' catastrophic for the world economy. And his 'carbon credits' are about on the equivalent of the 'indulgences' for sin the Catholic Church used to sell in the 15th Century.
Better buy some now - gotta keep Al Gore's wallet full - that mansion of his won't heat itself!
20. Posted by JLawson | November 3, 2009 2:08 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 14:08
21. Posted by Neo | November 3, 2009 2:59 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
It's official now .. AGW is a religion .. at least in the UK
21. Posted by Neo | November 3, 2009 2:59 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2009 14:59
22. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 4, 2009 4:06 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Al Gore a wealthy liberal crook becoming even richer from suckers still foolish enough to listen to his poppycock GORE stands for GREEDY,OFENSIVE,REDICULOUS,EVIL
22. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 4, 2009 4:06 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 16:06
23. Posted by yogchick | November 4, 2009 9:04 PM | Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Give me a break. Gore is only putting his money where his mouth is. What do you expect him to do -- invest in the coal mining industry? He's no longer an elected official. This shouldn't even be an issue. At least no more than HALLIBURTON was.
23. Posted by yogchick | November 4, 2009 9:04 PM |
Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 21:04
24. Posted by yogchick | November 4, 2009 11:04 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Al Gore did not spend the last 8 years educating the world about global warming as some sort of convoluted, unnecessarily arduous strategy to make more money through Kleiner Perkins - that would be ludicrous. And understand that Global Warming is not a part of some vast, enviro-fascist conspiracy propounded by an international cabal of greedy meteorologists, marine biologists, and wildlife refuge caretakers.
24. Posted by yogchick | November 4, 2009 11:04 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 23:04