Green=Gold for Al Gore anyway

[clmetal]

Originally Posted by brackis1

Gore=Gold for the anti-environmentalists who want to limit anti-pollution restrictions.
Ironically, it is usually this same bunch that love to make money through big business and laud their financially savvy.

Gore is a douche, but he championed an effort, became an icon in the industry, and his reputation helped projects get publicity and legitimacy. Now the people who can't get in on this action want to cry about it like they wouldn't do the same, nor haven't in the past.

You folks seem to not understand that venture capital firms exist because they can get things done, and make money off VENTURES by using CAPITAL.

I'm more concerned with whether or not the technology is sound and the decision to give grants made sense in the first place.

Lobbying and capitalism become so innocent when Al Gore gets involved.

He recently got the government to loan more than $500m to build make $90g hybrid sportscars in Finland. Why aren't venture capitalists funding this entirely? and why are we creating green jobs in other countries?

[Dochter]

Originally Posted by clmetal

and why are we creating green jobs in other countries?

Very good question.

[thedemolitionis]

Originally Posted by chardog

well of course, there's one minor detail.... gore is an insider.... he has the political power to pull in these contracts and destroy competition...

I'm sure people would be angry if cheney instigated a war then became CEO again. People were pissing in their pants because cheney had stock options in haliburton, making few hundred K off of it.

And donating it all to charity, the vagabond!

[Allcomplete]

Originally Posted by Dochter

Actually yes. Do you even know what the "hockey stick" debate was about? Are you aware that the same pattern shows up in pretty much every available dataset? Are you aware that rising sea levels are a real concern? Sea levels are going to rise, the degree to which this is cataclysmic to some cities has uncertainty but there are no projections where it doesn't happen.

Do you believe the Earth goes through temperature cycles? Also, the temperatures on Mars are rising as well, does this mean that Humans are to blame for that?
I am all for protecting the environment and maintaining a healthy Earth, however most 'Global Warming Activists' are the same as 'Terroist Fear Mongers' just on the other side of the spectrum; Ignorant, bought into all the hype and curse everyone that does not agree with their beliefs.

About Al Gore and other Bureaucrats, they do not give two shits about anyone that cannot help them in some way shape or form.

[bullshido]

Originally Posted by Allcomplete

Do you believe the Earth goes through temperature cycles? Also, the temperatures on Mars are rising as well, does this mean that Humans are to blame for that?
I am all for protecting the environment and maintaining a healthy Earth, however most 'Global Warming Activists' are the same as 'Terroist Fear Mongers' just on the other side of the spectrum; Ignorant, bought into all the hype and curse everyone that does not agree with their beliefs.

About Al Gore and other Bureaucrats, they do not give two shits about anyone that cannot help them in some way shape or form.

that sums up all politicians

[Dochter]

Originally Posted by Allcomplete

Do you believe the Earth goes through temperature cycles? Also, the temperatures on Mars are rising as well, does this mean that Humans are to blame for that?
I am all for protecting the environment and maintaining a healthy Earth, however most 'Global Warming Activists' are the same as 'Terroist Fear Mongers' just on the other side of the spectrum; Ignorant, bought into all the hype and curse everyone that does not agree with their beliefs.

About Al Gore and other Bureaucrats, they do not give two shits about anyone that cannot help them in some way shape or form.

This betrays a distinct lack of understanding in regards to the evidence that is available. Yes the Earth goes through temperature cycles; no that doesn't explain what is going on right now. The current trends we're observing fall well outside of what would be expected based solely on cycles (which, if I recall, would actually have us entering a period of cooling which isn't happening).

It is funny, there is an abundance of evidence about this topic but the same old nonsense keeps getting circulated and picked up. The relationship between CO2 and increased temperatures is a fundamental aspect of climate science that has zero argument against it. We've known about the warming effects of CO2 for well over 100 years. We've also known for quite some time that human activities are causing a massive increase in atmospheric CO2. That relationship is actually quite simple.

[Heresy]

Consider it Gore's revenge for stealing an election from him.

Just think guys, if 8,000 black voters in Florida wouldn't have been disenfranchised three weeks before the election, due to being erroneously labeled as felons, then Gore would have spent 8 years in D.C., far too busy to make movies and speeches and lobbying efforts.

[Conan Memories]

Originally Posted by brackis1

If you are equating a wave of energy independence investments to instigating an international war then I'm just going to stop talking to you.

Because he exposed the blatant flaws in your argument

Al Gore is a POS. Global Warming is a scam. End of story.

[Heresy]

Originally Posted by Conan Memories

Because he exposed the blatant flaws in your argument

Al Gore is a POS. Global Warming is a scam. End of story.

Ah, is someone mad that a liberal is better at making money than they are?

[WJC]

Originally Posted by chardog

are you trying to say that algore is not a propaganda machine?

all the dead polar bears

hockey stick

cities going underwater

you mean to say that's sound science?

Don't forget exploiting Hurricane Katrina...