Originally Posted by thomez His offsets are investments in companies working on green technology that will make his firm money. I know. Yes, but how Green are some of those companies? I mean I heard a guy from Pixar got his license suspended and rides a bike to work. When ...
03-22-2007, 02:56 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur.  Reform Party NJ 
| Originally Posted by thomez Yes, but how Green are some of those companies? I mean I heard a guy from Pixar got his license suspended and rides a bike to work. When summer comes around and I have to turn on my AC I think I'll just buy myself a share of their fast growing stock rather than give it to Al Gore to do the same. The entire concept he's running around telling other people do to (offset their carbon footprint) is a sham. It's a way to get people to hand their money over to him so he can essentially make money on it.
The more scaremongering and fear he brings in the more he stands to profit.
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03-22-2007, 02:57 PM
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| Originally Posted by thomez what company again?
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03-22-2007, 02:58 PM
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| Originally Posted by Pro Street Generation Investment Management LLP
4 Cork Street London W1S 3LG U.K. Main: +44 (0) 207 534 4700 Fax: +44 (0) 207 534 4701 | ||||
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03-22-2007, 02:59 PM
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| Originally Posted by JaJae the thing is that he's not required to give offsets. It's completely voluntary for him. He's perfectly able to spend the money on other things. I don't see why any of this is such a big issue.
Seriously, Gore is a celebrity right now, nothing more. how he spends his money isn't a political issue. How much do other affluent people donate to green causes? | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:00 PM
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| Originally Posted by JaJae he's the board chair, not the owner.
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03-22-2007, 03:00 PM
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03-22-2007, 03:00 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur. Reform Party NJ
| Originally Posted by Pro Street His offsets are a sham. And other affluent people aren't running around the world making millions profiting off scaremongering.
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03-22-2007, 03:01 PM
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| Originally Posted by ballz2wallz
you and me own a company. We are both polluting more then the allowed limit in 2010. You can easily cut your pollution to a lot lower level then the new law requires while I cant. So instead of you only cutting what is required, you cut the pollution to the bone while I pay you the difference. In 2010, the pollution from both of our companies is lower then what was requried by law. So why does it matter from which factory does it come from ? | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:01 PM
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| Originally Posted by Pro Street he is a partial owner
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03-22-2007, 03:02 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur. Reform Party NJ
| Originally Posted by Pro Street It's an LLP, he essentially is the owner. By being the chairman he owns the biggest slice. How big of a slice he owns nobody but him knows.
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03-22-2007, 03:02 PM
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| Originally Posted by Thorgrim
Thor, your a supporter of gore despite facts that show him to be a charlatan...we all get that... | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:02 PM
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| Long-term life after politics | Business | The Observer their focus seems to be based around shaping investments around business practices in response to climate change. | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:02 PM
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| Originally Posted by JaJae it's his money.
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03-22-2007, 03:03 PM
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| Braccae tuae aperiuntur. Reform Party NJ
| Originally Posted by Pro Street Now you're getting it
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03-22-2007, 03:05 PM
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| Originally Posted by JaJae again, conjecture
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03-22-2007, 03:06 PM
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| Audaces fortuna iuvat Moderate Northern VA
| Originally Posted by JaJae so.. what's the problem, and how is this a political issue?
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03-22-2007, 03:06 PM
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| Originally Posted by Diesel66 I thought we were talking about personal households and not big companies? I'm not against cutting back pollution, but we don't even know what that carbon is 'pollution' to begin with.
Not to mention, what exactly can be changed in a household? People are going to live as they see fit. If they want to recycle, they will. If they want to cut back on heat, gas, or whatever, they will. To think that they will just 'buy carbon offests' and live as they were before is ridiculous. It will make no difference whatsoever. It's a scam. | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:06 PM
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| Never, never, never give up  Conservative Party High Point, NC
| Originally Posted by Thorgrim What was it, 10 times the energy a month then the average person uses in a year? How many businesses is he running out of that home and how many people are in there using all that energy? For some reason I thought his home was his home. Not a business that employed people. I thought he already had an office:
Office of Al & Tipper Gore Google Maps I'm not sure why you are bringing up Daily Kos. I was talking about someone on THIS site that wished him dead. No one that I know wishes Gore dead, as you mistakenly stated. But we are way off subject now. | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:08 PM
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| Originally Posted by Pro Street
the two companies he has as funnel companies are a charity, and his carbon off-set company...details below... Carbon offset company is merely an investment portfolio company for him...with assets of $208 Million Here is link His "charity" is merely a funnel for his money from inconvenient truth that he is "donating all proceeds from IC to Charity" of which is a charity he formed, and he is Chairman of... here is link the clever part here...is that it is "a project of the Rockefeller Foundation" which means they do not have to do those nasty little discolsure things like other charities...and can mask the monies paid to the management/board...I am researching if they are a 501C3 independently or via the Rockefeller status...which would be another cute scam in itself... | ||||
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03-22-2007, 03:10 PM
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| Originally Posted by Pro Street that is a stretch beyond reasonable belief...he is Chairman...and founder...to try and detract from this is distracting from facts at best...
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