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Just before leaving public office in 2001, Gore reported assets of less than $2 million; today, his wealth is estimated at $100 million.
Gore charted this path by returning to his longtime passion — clean energy. He benefited from a powerful resume and a constellation of friends in the investment world and in Washington. And four years ago, his portfolio aligned smoothly with the agenda of an incoming administration and its plan to spend billions in stimulus funds on alternative energy.
The recovering politician was pushing the right cause at the perfect time.
Fourteen green-tech firms in which Gore invested received or directly benefited from more than $2.5 billion in loans, grants and tax breaks, part of President Obama’s historic push to seed a U.S. renewable-energy industry with public money.
Over the course of his metamorphosis, Gore became an environmentalist hero with release of his award-winning film and book warning of carbon emissions dangerously overheating the planet. He founded an investment firm devoted in part to backing green-minded companies and later partnered with a leading venture capital firm to invest in clean energy start-ups.
Actually, Al Gore was worth over $200 million in 2013, which is more than Mitt Romney. That amount has surely increased substantially in the last two years.
Actually, Al Gore was worth over $200 million in 2013, which is more than Mitt Romney. That amount has surely increased substantially in the last two years.
The Wash Post article was from 2012, so I'm sure you are right. Follow the money.
The Wash Post article was from 2012, so I'm sure you are right. Follow the money.
That's cute. Notice how your article actually doesn't say how much Al Gore made in investing in green energy..... While my article actually tells you how al gore made his money.
But hey, Exxon made 6.6 billion in the 4th quarter of 2014 and capital expenditures of 10.5 billion. How much is al gore worth.compared to one quarter of Exxon....
If an asteroid slams into the earth will it be periodic.or abrupt?
If we undergo major volcanic activity, will it be periodic or abrupt?
If we release millions of gigatons of greenhouse gases that have been stored underground for hundred of millions of years in the span of a 150 years will it be periodic or abrupt?
If an asteroid slams into the earth will it be periodic.or abrupt?
If we undergo major volcanic activity, will it be periodic or abrupt?
If we release millions of gigatons of greenhouse gases that have been stored underground for hundred of millions of years in the span of a 150 years will it be periodic or abrupt?
He's just going to tell you that the earth heats and cools periodically.
You made these same claims in the other thread, but you have not yet given any references for your information. I'm going to repost my response from that thread to see if you will answer it here:
In the era of CAGW hysteria, I like to use per-hysteria data whenever possible to avoid the refudging of the numbers that goes hand-in-hand with the "Warmest ______ Ever" headline. GHCN v3 is a perfect example of this new and improved data that doesn`t seem to match up with any of the "unadjusted" data.
But hey, Exxon made 6.6 billion in the 4th quarter of 2014 and capital expenditures of 10.5 billion. How much is al gore worth.compared to one quarter of Exxon....
Remember..... Follow the money.
Thank god they did!
They are part of millions of investment portfolios including mine
But hey, Exxon made 6.6 billion in the 4th quarter of 2014 and capital expenditures of 10.5 billion. How much is al gore worth.compared to one quarter of Exxon.....
Exxon made $32.5 billion on $369.43 billion in revenue. Their profit margin is only 8.8%.
Apple, with Al Gore on the board, made $70.54 billion on only $199.80 billion in revenue. Their profit margin is 22.5%
Isn't 22.5% just a tad greedy? Couldn't they have taken the same reasonable profit of 8.8% like Exxon and used the other $53 billion to reduce the expense of their phones? To give to those poor workers in China and the other countries a decent wage?
Or better still, bring those jobs back to the U.S. $53 billion would provide over 1,000,000 American workers an annual salary of $50,000 a year.
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