Gore(ging) On The Green
If you have read any of my blogs, you know I am wildly supportive of the free market system and capitalism in general. My hat is off to anyone that works hard and succeeds financially as a result. Now, here comes the “big but”: I do not support someone who “works the system” to become wealthy, and that is what I have suspected and now believe about Mr. Al Gore.
Check out the following link where an article in The New York Times no less exposes this very possibility about the former vice president and current Nobel peace prize / Oscar winner Algore:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/energy-environment/03gore.html
It is not a crime to invest your hard earned money to hopefully make a profit. What made me suspicious about one of Mr. Gore’s investments is contained within the following quote from this article:
The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts. Kleiner Perkins and its partners, including Mr. Gore, could recoup their investment many times over in coming years.
If you read the paragraphs leading to this quote you will easily see the “under the table” connection.
At this point, all I can say is, if this is at all true: “he has his reward”.
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