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Al Gore's latest eco-treatise, Our Choice: A Plan To Solve the Climate Crisis, is set to hit stores Tuesday. The former vice-president says he will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the book to the the Alliance for Climate Protection, a green group.
But it turns out that the book money is small potatoes compared to what Gore could earn from his various eco-friendly investments. As a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital heavyweight Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Gore is poised to reap hundreds of millions from investments in the companies that will benefit from the government's increased emphasis on green technology. According to The New York Times's John Broder, Gore could become the world's first "carbon billionaire."
Gore has been one of the most outspoken critics of global warming and a powerful advocate of carbon-reducing measures. As such, he has become a hero of the left -- a man revered for warning Americans to curb their carbon footprint and reduce their impact on the Earth.
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if you fight fire with fire, you just get a bigger fire... idiot!
Posted 04 November 2009 - 06:45 PM
carbon billionaire 
oh my days
oh my days
"Keep britain tidy, bin a chav!"
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the art of rebelling against 'the man' has died :(
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:54 PM
Honestly, why can't you guys just leave Al Gore alone? Heck, the vast majority of the publicity he gets is along the lines of "LOL AL GORE SUX!1".
Al Gore has nothing to do with the science behind climate change, and you know it: Because you simply cannot debate the science, and because you simply cannot debate the scientists, you attack a flawed but well-meaning politician.
It's a joke, to be quite honest.
Al Gore has nothing to do with the science behind climate change, and you know it: Because you simply cannot debate the science, and because you simply cannot debate the scientists, you attack a flawed but well-meaning politician.
It's a joke, to be quite honest.
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Who is Keyser Söze?
Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:08 PM
And if he didn't invest in green technologies, he'd have been called a hypocrite.
"Do we truly believe that ALL red-state residents are ignorant racist fascist knuckle-dragging NASCAR- obsessed cousin-marrying roadkill-eating tobacco-juice-dribbling gun-fondling religious fanatic rednecks; or that ALL blue-state residents are godless unpatriotic pierced-nose Volvo-driving France-loving left-wing communist latte-sucking tofu-chomping holistic-wacko neurotic vegan weenie perverts?"
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:12 PM
SQLserver, on 04 November 2009 - 08:54 PM, said:
Honestly, why can't you guys just leave Al Gore alone? Heck, the vast majority of the publicity he gets is along the lines of "LOL AL GORE SUX!1".
Al Gore has nothing to do with the science behind climate change, and you know it: Because you simply cannot debate the science, and because you simply cannot debate the scientists, you attack a flawed but well-meaning politician.
It's a joke, to be quite honest.
Al Gore has nothing to do with the science behind climate change, and you know it: Because you simply cannot debate the science, and because you simply cannot debate the scientists, you attack a flawed but well-meaning politician.
It's a joke, to be quite honest.
My goodness, what a rant...I didn't see anyone attack Gore. I wish I'd invested in all that when he did.
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:20 PM
Our Western economies are based on the need to expand.
The ultimate problem is greed, taking more resources and space than is actually required.
Al Gore is indeed a very greedy man.
The ultimate problem is greed, taking more resources and space than is actually required.
Al Gore is indeed a very greedy man.
And the fever...getting higheR
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:34 PM
Michelle, the point of the article is essentially:
"GORE IS EVIL BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH MONEY AND IS ONLY DONATING A LITTLE!!"
If this is not an outright attack on Gore, I don't know what is.
"GORE IS EVIL BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH MONEY AND IS ONLY DONATING A LITTLE!!"
If this is not an outright attack on Gore, I don't know what is.
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if you fight fire with fire, you just get a bigger fire... idiot!
Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:38 PM
you do realise that the reason al gore is trying to make us stop pouluting is because he thinks that the planet will be warm enough for man-bear-pig to live in 
"Keep britain tidy, bin a chav!"
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 11:16 PM
HATE THIS MAN:yes:
(power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely)
(None are more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free)
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:29 AM
SQLserver, on 04 November 2009 - 04:34 PM, said:
Michelle, the point of the article is essentially:
"GORE IS EVIL BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH MONEY AND IS ONLY DONATING A LITTLE!!"
If this is not an outright attack on Gore, I don't know what is.
"GORE IS EVIL BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH MONEY AND IS ONLY DONATING A LITTLE!!"
If this is not an outright attack on Gore, I don't know what is.
Or the point of the article could be "GORE IS USING HIS PUBLIC PLATFORM AND CONNECTIONS TO PRESSURE LAWMAKERS INTO POURING MONEY INTO SOMETHING HE HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN, THUS FILLING HIS POCKETS WITH MONEYS EXTORTED FROM TAXPAYERS!!"
Depending on who you are though, it could still be considered an attack.
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Keep your hands off others moulies,
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:39 AM
I'm pretty sure Al Gore is solely responsible for climate change. With that in mind, I'm thinking that if we kill Al Gore, we'll kill climate change.
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When is a fact a fact ?
Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:54 AM
Rhungobains, on 04 November 2009 - 05:39 PM, said:
I'm pretty sure Al Gore is solely responsible for climate change. With that in mind, I'm thinking that if we kill Al Gore, we'll kill climate change.
We should also lynch Bill Gates for investing in Vista
Man is where man is because of man...
How could you not look? It was like a (well) orchestrated train wreck !
Mine ;)
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How could you not look? It was like a (well) orchestrated train wreck !
Mine ;)
" Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups,parties,nations and epochs it is the rule"
Nietzsche
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 01:14 AM
The Silver Thong, on 05 November 2009 - 12:54 AM, said:
We should also lynch Bill Gates for investing in Vista
Good idea. Not that we need a reason to lynch Bill Gates...
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 02:32 AM
Invest in an industry and then use your political influence and connection to IMPOSE government regulations to create the market for it(that hurts other industry) and use taxpayers money for financing.
And say you are just trying to save the planet, clever indeed!
And say you are just trying to save the planet, clever indeed!