Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire (of course there's no conflict of interest)

The Telegraph ^ | 11/3/2009

[markomalley]

Last year Mr Gore's venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology.

The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.

The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, the New York Times reports. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts.

(snip)

Mr Gore had said that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is.

"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."

[markomalley]

Naturally there is no conflict of interest when he speaks out on the subject. None at all... /s

[silverleaf]

Is he equally proud of Occidental Petroleum? Funny, he never mentioned...

[classified]

The country will have to change their life-styles because of Gore's investments. The Global Warming is crap, he makes money off of pushing this crap and the rest of us have to used those stupid harmful light bulbs, adjust our thermonstats and lower our standard of living so he and Tipper can continue to fly around the world like Phucking royal dictators!

He's lived a silver spoon life growing up and now has found a way to increase his money off the backs of the rest of the country!

[rightly_dividing]

Mr Gore had said that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is.

No, I believe Gore is putting his mouth where his money is, like Peloski and others.

[McBuff]

[bray]

Pure Graft and Corruption in gummit.

Pray for America’s Freedom

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[kidd]

Green Sucker Alert

[rod1]

And right there you know all you need to know about that the global warming hoax. A select few are gaining money and power.

[Fred Hayek]

The country will have to change their life-styles because of Gore’s investments.

And his pronouncements as the Pope of the Church of Global Warming. Of course is Pope Algore going to change his lifestyle?

[Overtaxed Patriot]

That fat bastard needs to be stopped.

[LearsFool]

Yup, what really causes so-called “global warming” is venture capital. As usual, just follow the money.

[popdonnelly]

Global Warming is a scam, and Al Gore is the major fraud promoting it.

[Crim]

Didnt occidental recently get the one part of AIG that was making a profit?

[HereInTheHeartland]

He is leading a legal Ponzi scheme.

[Elle Bee]

His namesake, Armand Hammer, would be so proud

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[MrB]

This is exactly their goal - a neo-feudalist system.

And the elitists on the left excuse this kind of thing because every one of them considers themselves to BE “elite”.

[classified]

He is to big for his pants! Obama will pull the rug out from under him once Obama gets his lions share...There are so many of these elitist who are jockeying for positions in this new world order meanwhile there is a revolution of the common people brewing and this will not go unchecked!

[Hoosier-Daddy]

...and frauds belong in jail. He can be cell mates with Bernie Madoff.

[driftless2]

I’ve got to give Gore credit for this. He’s come up with a bigger scam, carbon credit trading, than selling bottled water. Which until lately I thought was the best scam in history.