Climate change may be serious stuff for many of us, but for Al Gore, it's seriously profitable. He's about to become the world's first "carbon" billionaire:
Few people have been as vocal about the urgency of global warming and the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy as Mr Gore. And few have put as much money behind their advocacy and are as well positioned to profit from this green transformation, if and when it comes.
Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming sceptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.
Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, has claimed that Mr Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt.
Mr Gore had said that he is simply putting his money where his mouth is.
"Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming sceptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first "carbon billionaire,"
To carbon billionaire as fact?
Gore was born into money. He's also been working on this for 30 yrs. Now that he's going to see return on his investment he has ulterior motives?
Stay off the politics neatorama.
Last I checked, Gore was a private citizen and if he's willing to risk his money as a venture capitalist, he's entitled to profit from well placed investments. Just as those office holders who promoted "drill baby drill" are free to go back to work for the oil industry that they love so much.
I'm tired of seeing political posts on Neatorama. Stick to what you do best.
sounds like pushing one side to me. a side that doesn't even exist in the referenced article.
Sarcasm?
Anyways, global warming is fake. Right?
Now if this were an article about a conservative/republican, the whine fest about 'liberal loonie bias' would be resounding.
There's a clear conflict of interest here when a politician uses his public position to advocate for policies that benefit his private investments. Journalists have been sent to jail for less.
You could argue that the first "carbon" billionaires would've been people from the coal / oil industries.