How to make money off of global warming fears

Forbes.com ^ | 10/19/2011 | James Taylor

[cogitator]

"...First, identify prominent purveyors of global warming doom-and-gloom. The bigger the media ham, the better. For a jumping-off list, I suggest Al Gore, James Hansen, Michael Mann, Gavin Schmidt and Joe Romm.

Second, whenever the purveyors of doom make ridiculous predictions about global warming, ask them to put their money where their mouths are. After all, if Al Gore can so fervently urge government to force us to spend our hard-earned money complying with his global warming predictions, he should certainly be willing to risk his own millions backing up his global warming claims.

Sometimes you might get lucky and discover a deluded alarmist who has beat you to the punch and offered such a bet on his or her own volition. For example, I just stumbled across this blog post from Joe Romm offering to bet even money that the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free by the year 2020. Talk about taking candy from a baby! I will be contacting Joe immediately. I urge all readers of this column to do the same."

[cogitator]

Sounds like a good strategy to me. Nobody ever made any money betting on a catastrophic global warming prediction.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[The Great RJ]

I would suggest that sea level monitors be prominently placed on the beach in front of Al Gore's California seaside mansion.

[az_gila]

I would suggest that sea level monitors be prominently placed on the beach in front of Al Gore's California seaside mansion.

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Not needed, fat Al bought on the hillside about 450 feet above sea level (err... present day sea level)...:^)