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Final-Fan on 05 April 2009
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TheRealMafoo said:
Final-Fan said:
TheRealMafoo said:
Final-Fan said:
I don't doubt that he's investing in efforts to encourage the sort of behavior he believes will benefit the environment. Since he's been in on the ground floor of some of that stuff, it's not surprising that he has interests there. What I question is the amounts of money you propose he stands to make. Where exactly is he going to get DOZENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in personal profit? That is what I want you to substantiate and you have not.
He also could stand to make a fortune off of Carbon Trading itself. He is a major stake holder in a company that trades Carbon Credits, and also determines how many you would need to buy. (nice combo racket to be in).

If the federal government made every company who exported gas (that's just about every company), pay his company (or one of a dozen like his), to tell them how many carbon credits they needed to buy, and then made them buy the credits from Gore's company, he could be the next Bill Gates.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/06/04/gore-invests-carbon-credit-company-will-media-care
That's where it all falls apart. Why are you assuming Gore would attempt, let alone succeed, to establish a government imposed monopoly? It's not like it's Halliburton or anything ZING!

Also, please explain how it is that "just about every company exports gas".  
Please don't make fun of the company that Clinton first gave a no bid contract too ZING!

Companies that would need to buy Carbon Offset:
--Anyone that transports products with gas powered cars/trains/plains.
--Any company that uses Electricity that is not created with green technology (everyone)

So if your company owns a car, ships anything, or uses electricity, you are deemed to have a carbon footprint. Name a company that doesn't do one of those things? (this does not include all the other things that count).

Aside from the fact that some companies exist that only use "green electricity", I only questioned your statement about "exporting gas" (by which you apparently meant "has a carbon footprint"). 

Also, you didn't respond to the more important part of that post. 



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