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Old 2007-03-04, 13:10
buttthrax buttthrax is offline
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quote: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.

... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54528



Al Gore is a fatass piece of garbage. Thank the Lord that the people of America rightfully elected George W. Bush instead of this scamming asshole.

Global warming is a fucking lie to make faggot liberals feel warm and fuzzy. Al Gore is a liar and a bullshit artist.

Fuck liberals. Fuck "global warming". But mostly, fuck you.



[This message has been edited by buttthrax (edited 03-04-2007).]
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Old 2007-03-04, 14:22
OdayJuarez OdayJuarez is offline
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

What difference does that make?

I'll start off by saying I think the concept of carbon offsets is a bullshit guilt-easement.

But the fact that he buys them through a firm he owns doesn't change anything. It just means he isn't buying it from the competition. It's not like the entire purchase price goes in to his pocket. The only money he gets from buying them from himself is his share of the profit that the company adds to the price as an operating expense. That's entirely irrelevant.
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Old 2007-03-04, 15:30
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

I think buttthrax is a troll. Either that or he is just fucking retarded.



The People elected Gore. Gore won the popular vote. The Electoral College elected Bush. The events which have transpired in the last 7 years have shown us just how much power the american citizen has.

And on the issue of Global Warming...for fucks sake, wake up! The entire scientific community say's its real, and I kind of trust the entire scientific community. You should too.

Fucking jingoist.

[This message has been edited by TheGhost (edited 03-04-2007).]
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Old 2007-03-04, 15:32
gimna.blazed gimna.blazed is offline
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quote:Originally posted by TheGhost:

I think butthrax is a troll.
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Old 2007-03-04, 15:46
FunkyZombie FunkyZombie is offline
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

Who gives a shit!
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Old 2007-03-04, 16:36
blacksh33p18 blacksh33p18 is offline
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

quote:Originally posted by buttthrax:

Al Gore is a fatass piece of garbage. Thank the Lord that the people of America rightfully elected George W. Bush instead of this scamming asshole.

Global warming is a fucking lie to make faggot liberals feel warm and fuzzy. Al Gore is a liar and a bullshit artist.

Fuck liberals. Fuck "global warming". But mostly, fuck you.

Actually the majority of the GOP is acknowledging global warming exists in some form these days (althogh its debatably positive in thier veiw). Your not a traitor to our country, are you? See how silly it sounds when I say the things you'd say, to you?
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Old 2007-03-04, 19:06
shitty wok shitty wok is offline
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quote:Originally posted by TheGhost:



Fucking jingoist.
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Old 2007-03-04, 19:25
Lewcifer Lewcifer is offline
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quote:Originally posted by buttthrax:



Fuck "global warming".

Thats exactly what we are trying to do, using carbon neutral tecnoilogies, re-planting trees and researchign atmospheric carbon-catchers.

But you can carry on with your denial and closed mindedness, you obviusoly don't care that your precious America will become mostly desert. You must be some sort of traitor to your country.
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Old 2007-03-04, 21:01
dead_people_killer dead_people_killer is offline
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

buttthrax is an idiot. Plain and simple.
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Old 2007-03-04, 21:47
StealthyRacoons StealthyRacoons is offline
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Default Re: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

quote:Originally posted by TheGhost:

I think buttthrax is a troll. Either that or he is just fucking retarded.



The People elected Gore. Gore won the popular vote. The Electoral College elected Bush. The events which have transpired in the last 7 years have shown us just how much power the american citizen has.

And on the issue of Global Warming...for fucks sake, wake up! The entire scientific community say's its real, and I kind of trust the entire scientific community. You should too.

Fucking jingoist.



That is not the point. One of the people telling us to reduce carbon emission is in fact one of the biggest violators. Making him a hypocrite.
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Old 2007-03-04, 21:55
jesus_could_fly jesus_could_fly is offline
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quote:Originally posted by buttthrax:

Al Gore is a fatass piece of garbage. Thank the Lord that the people of America rightfully elected George W. Bush instead of this scamming asshole.



I don't get this polarity; if one side is evil the other is inherently good? Fuck that! Bush is evil, Gore is evil (by buttthrax's example) Every side is a scamming asshole.
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Old 2007-03-04, 23:35
TheGhost TheGhost is offline
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quote:Originally posted by StealthyRacoons:

That is not the point. One of the people telling us to reduce carbon emission is in fact one of the biggest violators. Making him a hypocrite.

This story is straight from World Net Daily. Do you fucking trust that source?
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Old 2007-03-05, 02:11
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quote:Originally posted by OdayJuarez:

What difference does that make?

I'll start off by saying I think the concept of carbon offsets is a bullshit guilt-easement.

But the fact that he buys them through a firm he owns doesn't change anything. It just means he isn't buying it from the competition. It's not like the entire purchase price goes in to his pocket. The only money he gets from buying them from himself is his share of the profit that the company adds to the price as an operating expense. That's entirely irrelevant.

Someone is going to burn the carbon one way or the other. Carbon credits do absolutely nothing for the environment unless you trade in "trees planted", but since everyone trades in dollars its obvious its broken.

30 years ago everyone was afraid of the coming ice age, now we are combatting global warming with the stock market. Then and now, idiots are idiots.
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Old 2007-03-05, 02:14
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Al Gore would look a lot better if he took some time off and started planting some greenery, like most non-rich Americans do.
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Old 2007-03-05, 06:02
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Eloquence has never been your strong suit, buttthrax. Also, this is more appropriate material for Green Planet.

-=Sephiroth=-
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Old 2007-03-05, 09:40
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quote:Originally posted by dead_people_killer:

buttthrax is an idiot. Plain and simple.
 
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