Posted on 04/30/2009 6:19:05 AM PDT by PROCON
Global Warming: At the cap-and-trade hearings, it was revealed that not everyone will suffer from this growth-killing energy tax. A congresswoman wanted to know why sea levels aren't rising but Gore's bank account is.
When Gore left office in January 2001, he was said to have a net worth in the neighborhood of $2 million. A mere eight years later, estimates are that he is now worth about $100 million. It seems it's easy being green, at least for some.
Gore has his lectures and speeches, his books, a hit movie and Oscar, and a Nobel Prize. But Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was curious about how a man dedicated to saving the planet could get so wealthy so quickly. She sought out investment advice we all could use in a shaky economy.
Last May, we noted that Big Al had joined the venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers the previous September. On May 1, 2008, the firm announced a $500 million investment in maturing green technology firms called the Green Growth Fund.
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Ping!
My tagline fits.
Look can someone please answer this for me... i guess I am retarded
I know about cap and gown for graduation
I have heard about cap ON trade
wth is cap and trade?
Good question.
A "cap" is what government will assign each company, business, etc. on how much CO2 they are allowed to emit.
If they under emit, they're fine, if they over emit, then they "trade" emmissions credits to an under emitter, etc, etc.
It's nothing but an Al Gore/Government scam based on the myth of Man-made climate change.
Hold onto your wallet.
Gore’s a tool
it’s more like CRAP AND TRADE because this idea/legislation is all CRAP.
Well the term “Cash Cow” fits him perfectly...He’s a freaking Cow with a lot of cash! It would be funny, but it’s our cash he’s hoarding!
Manikins always freaked me out....
Al has NO Oscar. No Academy Award.
The award went to the producer/director of the film - not the actor IN the film.
Sheesh!
bttt
Al's ATM, you deposit he takes out
If obese people are the latest lie being sold in the global warming money pig, then he better go on a diet.
From Yahoo news....this is good...lots of people will see this.
In that photo he looks like the “Bad Doctor” from “The Fugitive” that framed Harrison Ford.
Gore is an EVIL man...he really is!
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