The Money and Connections Behind Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade

Human Events ^ | 10/03/2007 | Deborah Corey Barnes

[nmh]

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[Ole Okie]

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[David]

Al's a fruitcake; he didn't invent the internet; and even though global warming may have been a fact in the late 90's, it should not be a surprising condition given that the sun is putting out additional BTUs--when the average guy hears that the icecaps on Mars are also melting and then he hears Al say it is because of Co2 emissions from internal combustion engines, he tends to think Al does not have a full deck.

When he hears about all these tax and spend programs, he thinks this is just another device by which the political establishment wrings money out of us and gives it to their political allies.

Al's simply a bad guy--if you elect him dog catcher, he will find a way to transfer tax funds to his supporters in connection with catching dogs.

[Bigg Red]

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[Beowulf]

[dennisw]

Few days ago Rush said Gore was worth 90 million due to Goggle and Apple options layed on him when he joined board of directors of each. The one I’m more sure of is Apple options or stock worth 50 million as of two years ago. Apple is double as of then

[Old 300]

Whole Foods Market, the Nature Conservancy, American Forest and Paper Association, and the Pew Center for Climate Change, as well as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Ford Foundation.

The Ford foundation. Yes.

[hellbender]

The may be the slickest and biggest racket I've ever heard of, short of the tax-and-spend Federal government itself.

Even something like wind power requires windmills, which, according to environmentalists such as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., may visually “pollute” the natural landscape.

A more significant problem is that these giant windmills kill migratory birds and bats by the thousands.

It would be laughable (if it weren't so threatening) to hear these jerks refers to CO2 as if it were a pollutant. CO2, H20 (which is a more important greenhouse gas than CO2), and sunlight are the basis of our entire ecosystem. The science behind anthropogenic global warming is completely bogus, but the govt. (meaning politicians like Gore) now have so much control over the financing of science and academia that we may never know the truth.

[hellbender]

when the average guy hears that the icecaps on Mars are also melting and then he hears Al say it is because of Co2 emissions from internal combustion engines, he tends to think Al does not have a full deck.

I'm afraid the average guy (and girl) gets his news from the MSM, and hears only the massive propaganda deluge from the global waming quacks.

[Old 300]

It’s more than the MSM... It’s the parties. It’s the Federal Reserve bank cartel. It’s education, massively funded by these tax-exempt foundations. Look for Rockefeller, Ford, Guggenheim, Carnegie, etc... all over our public policies.

[calcowgirl]

Ping

[Seadog Bytes]

...Amen.

[SierraWasp]

"The may be the slickest and biggest racket I've ever heard of, short of the tax-and-spend Federal government itself."

You should have compared it to Saddam Insane's and the UN's "FOOD FOR OIL" largest monumental rip-off in the history of the planet!!!

However, before this bogus scheme plays out it will surely have surpassed "FOOD FOR OIL!"

[calcowgirl]

In my mind, I was comparing it to the S&L and Dot-Com scams.
But with the international implications, this one could truly trump all.

Hopefully this “game” will not play out.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775002/posts
Trading Hot Air?

Excerpt:

Carbon credits: It’s advantage China

Excerpt:

China appears to be flooding the carbon trading market with certified emission reductions (CERs) or carbon credits, which are priced lower than those of Indian projects. This is because China has much higher volumes of CERs in the world market compared to India. Each CER represents one tonne of carbon dioxide emission reduction.

As per annual averages, China now accounts for 43 per cent of total CERs registered at the UN, while India accounts for 12.11 per cent. Chinese projects can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 36.66 million tonnes per year till 2012, while Indian projects would reduce about 10.17 million tonnes.

[timer]

You did name one really bad guy : Maurice Strong. He’s the real culprit of this carbon-trading scam, PLUS this UN-owns-the-oceans treaty in which he and his will OWN 70% of the earth’s surface, with full TAXING rights of course. He’s the evil one, NAIL him asap.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oh Shiitte!

The global carbon scam is worse than I thought....

And, of course, deeply laden with Washington INSIDERS who have invested - AND WHO WILL ONLY WIN BIG - IF - the world swallows their scratch-and-scam schemes to trade carbon.

[calcowgirl]

Yeah... I know of Maurice. I actually found this article when I was googling to find out what he was up to lately.

FYI, I’ve looked back at the founding of CCX... It has roots with ex-Drexel Burnham Lambert operative Richard Sandor.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772339/posts?page=13#13

There’s a good article on Sandor and CCX here (a long 4 pager):

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/magazine/30carbon.html?ex=1311912000&en=7a1aac348ead298b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss