“HE played on OUR FEARS!” - Al Gore Jr.
In the late 1990’s Ken Lay and his team from Enron spent an extraordinary amount of money lobbying both Congress and the White House on the “hazard of C02” its effects on the “environment” etc.
Enron had devised a plan to regulate “Carbon” emissions in-order for them to trade those emissions for a profit.
Al Gore bought this hook line and sinker.
Al Gore invested in the first ever US Exchange dedicated to trading carbon credits. Both Enron and that Exchange failed but Al Gore has never lost sight of the massive money making potential of regulating C02.
It’s a perfect storm.
1. Scare and guilt the public into believing that people are the problem. (it’s a religion)
2. Get the Government to regulate c02 emissions. The first step was achieved when the EPA classified c02 as a pollutant.
3. Create a mechanism to relieve the public’s guilt. Carbon emission trading/offsets. This is the Exchange which can be reconstituted very quickly.
Carbon Trading exchanges have failed in Europe after years and years of attempts.
There are people in the business of promoting the FEAR of “Climate Change”, people that actually believe this crap.
Then there are those that are simply in it for the money.