It appears that Al Gore is getting paid very well these days. I would think that if he really loved the environment so much he would do all of this for just enough money to cover his expenses! Well, he is not. He is making tons of money! Almost as many tons as the amount of carbon he spews out every day between his plane and many homes! What a fraud!
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/nswift/al-gores-8875-million-house-of-carbon
Two days ago the LA Times reported that Al Gore has picked up a pricey new Italian-style villa with "ocean view, fountains, six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms" all for a mere $8,875,000.
It always seems a little surprising that this self-styled eco-warrior isn't living in a tree with the rest of his disciples, but it shouldn't be all that shocking because he can definitely spare the change he shelled out for the Montecito-area cottage.
Of course the most famous public figure with deep financial ties to the climate change money machine is Al Gore. During the last ten years, he has increased his personal fortune a hundredfold, from "between $1 million and $2 milion" (from his 2000 Presidential candidacy disclosures) to over $100 million in 2007. Gore and former Goldman Sachs executive David Blood founded Generation Investment Management (GIM), a venture capital firm that invests in "green" businesses. GIM is a member of the Chicago Carbon Exchange (CCX) which is the commodity trading market created to facilitate the sale of carbon credits.
Here is an article from the Heartland Institute:
One of the benefits of federalism is citizens can vote with their feet in choosing a state whose governance matches their world view. One of the benefits for Al Gore earning countless millions of dollars selling global warming alarm is Gore’s ability to buy property anywhere, and vote on what is and isn’t an imminent environmental crisis based on his real estate selection.
Al Gore may tell gullible followers that rising sea level threatens to swamp global coastlines, but his recent purchase of an $8 million oceanfront mansion in tony Montecito, California, tells another story altogether. Prudent property investors do not purchase multi-million dollar oceanfront mansions if they truly expect them to be underwater soon.
But Gore’s choice of oceanfront property is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. According to the Montecito Journal, Gore’s new mansion sprawls over 1.5 acres (“we all need to reduce our ecological footprint”); contains fountains, a spa, and a swimming pool (even though Southern California is water starved, and alarmists tell us global warming will cause more severe drought and water restrictions); and contains six – count them, six – fireplaces (because burning carbon-intensive wood in only five fire places at once simply won’t do when entertaining Hollywood friends).
When Enron executives touted their climate-friendly energy production while simultaneously bailing out of the company on golden parachutes, people should have taken notice. When Al Gore tells Americans we must stave off climate catastrophe by purchasing renewable power and carbon offset credits from companies he owns, and at the same time Gore purchases an oceanfront mansion with over-the-top water usage and half a dozen fireplaces, people should again take notice.
God help us if he gets his way with the Cap and Trade law falls in place! And that's the All Right Idea!