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Gore's 'Carbon Offsets' Paid to Firm He Owns(Well now, isn't that special.)
World Net Daily ^ | March 2, 2007 | staff

Posted on 03/03/2007 6:52:00 AM PST by kellynla

Al Gore defends his extraordinary personal energy usage by telling critics he maintains a "carbon neutral" lifestyle by buying "carbon offsets," but the company that receives his payments turns out to be partly owned and chaired by the former vice president himself.

Gore has built a "green money-making machine capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors, including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can't afford to play on Gore's terms," writes blogger Dan Riehl.

Gore has described the lifestyle he and his wife Tipper live as "carbon neutral," meaning he tries to offset any energy usage, including plane flights and car trips, by "purchasing verifiable reductions in CO2 elsewhere."

But it turns out he pays for his extra-large carbon footprint through Generation Investment Management, a London-based company with offices in Washington, D.C., for which he serves as chairman. The company was established to take financial advantage of new technologies and solutions related to combating "global warming," reports blogger Bill Hobbs.

(Story continues below)

Generation Investment Management's U.S. branch is headed by a former Gore staffer and fund-raiser, Peter S. Knight, who once was the target of probes by the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice.

Hobbs points out Gore stands to make a lot of money from his promotion of the alleged "global warming" threat, which is disputed by many mainstream scientists.

"In other words, he 'buys' his 'carbon offsets' from himself, through a transaction designed to boost his own investments and return a profit to himself," Hobbs writes. "To be blunt, Gore doesn't buy 'carbon offsets' through Generation Investment Management – he buys stocks."

As WND reported, Gore, whose film warning of a coming cataclysm due to man-made "global warming" won two Oscars, has a mansion in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville that consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, citing data from the Nashville Electric Service.

The think tanks says since the release of Gore's film, the former presidential candidate's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kilowatt-hours per month in 2005, to 18,400 per month in 2006.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: carbonoffsets; corruption; globalwarming; gore; scam; selfserving
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
"I wish he would live in a cold dark cave "
Then he would truly be an oGre!

He has acquired a greenish pastey hew recently.
141 posted on 03/03/2007 9:19:20 AM PST by mickey finn
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

A friend of mine coined the phrase "Gore's Church of Pollution Absolution." I think it's very apt and we should spread it around. Wish Rush could get hold of it.


142 posted on 03/03/2007 9:20:38 AM PST by Newfy
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To: mylife

close ... a townhouse


143 posted on 03/03/2007 9:22:56 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: kellynla
Algore pays himself to pollute! P.T Barnum has found his match in someone who plays people for fools.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

144 posted on 03/03/2007 9:24:10 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Peach
He buys them for himself... literally from a company he owns. There are not many people that can buy their own carbon offsets.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

145 posted on 03/03/2007 9:27:27 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Carolinamom
Did Al ever clean up that sewage sippage on his rental property in Tennesee?

Oh I forgot about that story

146 posted on 03/03/2007 9:29:32 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: Suzy Quzy
Isn't this ILLEGAL??? Someone is getting TAX BREAKS!!

_______________________________

Al's Company... Generation Investment Management

* We research sustainability themes that have the potential to impact the long-term operating context for business such as:

* Climate Change
* Pandemics / HIV/AIDS
* Poverty / Real Needs
* Water
* Human Capital

* Lobbying
* Corporate Governance
* Stakeholder Engagement
* Bribery / Corruption
* Demography / Urbanization

_______________________________

This first 5 on the list below can be media, tax dollar & Democratic Policy manipulated which is like free money.

Like owning military stocks before Bush budget increases and asking the Federal Reserve to print Trillions of free dollars to finance guns and butter programs.

________________________________

News Releases From Al's News Room:

A must read from Al & his partner Mr. Blood.

In the News: The following article appeared in The Wall Street Journal's Commentary section on 28 March 2006: For People and Planet.

Take your time reading this news release it's thick with Gore & Blood version of capitalism.

147 posted on 03/03/2007 9:35:50 AM PST by Major_Risktaker
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To: kellynla

148 posted on 03/03/2007 9:48:49 AM PST by Gritty (There are more reputable scientists defending astrology than defending "global warming"-Ann Coulter)
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To: BigLittle
The same Occidental Petroleum that Gore Senior sat on the board of directors and now Al Jr sits on, that Armand Hammer helped finance Stalin, and the soviet Union during the cold war and the same occidental Petroleum that owned Love Canal.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
In 1942, Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corporation (a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum) expanded use of the site, and, by 1947, acquired the land for its own private use. In the subsequent five year period, the company buried about 22,000 tons of toxic waste in the area.[1] Once the site had been filled to capacity in 1952, Hooker closed the site to further disposal, back-filled the canal and covered it over with 4 feet of impermeable clay.
149 posted on 03/03/2007 9:52:08 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Carolinamom; Howlin; Peach; Mo1; All
Interesting piece in yesterday's American Thinker
150 posted on 03/03/2007 9:53:16 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: DaveTesla

Algore's money trail is worse than the Kennedy's. Does he still own stock in Occidental?


151 posted on 03/03/2007 9:56:23 AM PST by mickey finn
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Algore is consumimg mostly fossil fuels. And his utility is federally subsidized through the TVA. His plan is not set up where he pays more for excess electricity consumption! Most people don't care about his utility consumption habits but for the fact he keeps lecturing others to less energy. Yep, Gore is a model for environmental frugality. He should keep up his shining Green example.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

152 posted on 03/03/2007 10:00:28 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Al Gore's Real Love Canal Connection: His Father was Chairman of the Board that caused the mess!!!

Politics/Elections Breaking News News
Source: Newsmax
Published: 12/7/99 Author: Newsmax
Posted on 12/06/1999 23:43:49 PST by Thanatos

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a384cbab55590.htm

Bet GW doesn't own a love canal either.
153 posted on 03/03/2007 10:02:23 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: mickey finn

He and his father were /are both on the board of directors
and stockholders.

He gets a major income from this mess:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1794519/posts?page=58#58


154 posted on 03/03/2007 10:06:12 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: DaveTesla; cardinal4

Thank GOD for the United States Supreme Court. The U S really dodged a major bullet in Dec 2000. Can you folks imagine what our country would be like under this fat lunatic. It's way beyond me how this phony-baloney has avoided the men with the butterfly nets this long.


155 posted on 03/03/2007 10:08:23 AM PST by Ax ("An action transferred is an action completed.")
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To: kellynla
To:
All Freepers,

Do as I say, NOT as I do.
What I do is reserved exclusively for the status quo and elitists like my self.

Sincerely yours,
Big (footprint)
AL Gore.
156 posted on 03/03/2007 10:12:46 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: bert
I suspect that somewhere under all the carbon credit hoopla is a buried tax credit or benefit.

BINGO!

157 posted on 03/03/2007 10:15:43 AM PST by jslade (The beatings well cease when morale improves!)
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To: Mo1

Mo....from all I have heard...and read...this whole thing is a SCAM.

Not only is he making money and an OSCAR, fgs, over a bogus "global warming" myth...but, now he has devised a scheme to make money on "carbon offsets".

I heard someone on the radio explain this "carbon credits" thing like someone on a diet who eats a whole pizza...but, then drinks DIET coke to OFFSET the calories.

WELL...drinking a diet drink does NOT mean the calories you just ate disappear!!!

Gore is trying to make all believe that he can use as much as he wants....so long as he BUYS OFFSETS!!

I want to know what an "offset or credit" looks like...do I need a wallet or a bank vault, or a backyard, or an acre of land to put this on!!!

WTH is it???


AND...everytime I see a PSA on TV with little kids giving us tears and puppy dog eyes....telling us to "fights global warming"...I just wanna throw up!


158 posted on 03/03/2007 10:24:10 AM PST by Txsleuth
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To: Txsleuth
ELL...drinking a diet drink does NOT mean the calories you just ate disappear!!!

Yes I know that part is BS

But I want to know what and who his investment company is investing into??

People are paying a monthly fee for this crap ... where is the money going?

159 posted on 03/03/2007 10:32:34 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: Howlin; BigSkyFreeper
Gore's 'Carbon Offsets' Paid to Firm He Owns(Well now, isn't that special.)

OMG, this is getting better every day! It would be impossible to write satire that was more absurd than this!

160 posted on 03/03/2007 10:33:05 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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