Posted on 11/15/2005 4:17:51 AM PST by dnmore
As chairman of a British company, the former US vice-president still has global warming and long-term consequences on his mind, writes Peter Weekes.
AL GORE, the man who five years ago won the popular vote but lost the US presidential elections by a few hanging chads, has a stark warning for all investors.
"Capitalism is at a critical juncture," he says, arguing that the focus on short-term results is undermining issues such as the long-term sustainability of profits, how a company relates to the community and its employees, and the environment.
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The refusal of the US and Australia to sign the Kyoto pact that Gore helped draft clearly annoys the former US vice-president. He draws parallels between those who dispute global warming, and its investment implications, with Neville Chamberlain and others who wanted to appease the Nazis before World War II.
Winston Churchill warned in the 1930s that a storm was gathering and democratic nations would be forced to "sip from the bitter cup" until they reasserted their moral authority.
"The time of half-measure has passed. We are entering a period of consequences," says Gore, quoting Churchill.
"What changed in the US with hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences and that bitter cup will be offered to us again and again until we exert our moral authority and respond appropriately," he says. "I don't want to diminish the threat of terrorism at all, it is extremely serious, but on a long-term global basis, global warming is the most serious problem we are facing."
To be sure, holding a "feel-good" investment may appeal to the heart, but it's of no real use if it doesn't produce a healthy financial return.
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Here is one consequence of Al Gore.
At RDU airport, we have/had those "waterless" urinals that he invested in/promoted. When I got back from Boston last week, I noticed they had been replaced with the "watered" urinals that had been there previously.
Yes, environmental policy has consequences. One is our rejection of Al Gore's stupid idea.
In my house we thank Al Gore everytime we have to flush the toilet 2 or 3 times after one use. That is his legacy in our house. The failed toilet man.
"I don't want to diminish the threat of terrorism at all, it is extremely serious, but on a long-term global basis, global warming is the most serious problem we are facing."
No al (I notice this 'al' thing among many terrorists); it is YOU and your friggin' party that are America's BIGGEST (long-term global) threat!!!
LLS
I live in a house built in 1994, it had the first generation of those toilets. I feel your pain.
The dead people vote.
The illegal alien vote.
The "provisional balot" vote for unregistered voters.
The multiple State and multiple County vote.
The manufactured "pregnant chad" vote.
The "didn't bother to vote, but voted anyway" vote.
The mental institution block vote...... etc., etc., etc......
From someone who has never held a private sector job in his life. From someone who has never had to meet a payroll in his life. I am expected to believe he is an expert on capitalism? ...
I love this word "sustainable." It is used to describe policies of which liberals approve. Anything else is "unsustainable."
What exactly does this "company" manufacture? Hot air?
Also, am I the only one who thinks there is something perverse about Gore quoting Churchill?
There is something sustainable and renewable about the definition of gore (BLOOD & GUTS) and gored (the process of
achieving gore) that fits Al to a T. What a goofus.
vaudine
Sorry Algore, but the US did sign Kyoto. Bill Clinton did it. The Senate then promptly voted 98-0 against Kyoto and the Clinton Admin never sent the treaty to the Senate for ratification.
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