-- Don J. Easterbrook, emeritus professor of geology at Western Washington University at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America“I don’t want to pick on Al Gore, but there are a lot of inaccuracies in the statements we are seeing, and we have to temper that with real data.”
Uneasy about the backlash against global warming hysteria, real climatologists fear Gore has gone "beyond the scientific evidence," according to this New York Times story.
Still, there are plenty of left wing bloggers out there soliciting signatures on petitions to "draft Gore." My take is that Gore won't run because he is making too much money selling "carbon emission offsets" to bother campaigning for his party's nomination for president.
Yes, it is in Gore's economic self-interest to promote the global climate change scam since he owns Generation Investment Management LLP, one of a host of companies that sell "carbon emission offsets."
According to EcoBusinessLinks, a self-billed environmental directory, "carbon offsets enable individuals and businesses to reduce the CO2 emissions they are responsible for by offsetting, reducing or displacing the CO2 in another place, typically where it is more economical to do so." A quick perusal of the website tells you that "Carbon Neutral" Gore is not the only one taking advantage of liberals' misplaced guilt for driving Escalades and flying GulfStream jets.
For a good laugh, check out the site's price survey table, where they claim that "for a very small amount of money you can drive the equivalent of a zero-CO2-emission car!"
Like con-man Joseph Bessimer, not P.T. Barnum as widely believed, once said, "There's a sucker born every minute..." And they are buying "carbon offsets."
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