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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
You mean he makes money by helping clean up the planet? Hm. Good for him. I hope he makes a lot of money; maybe he will use it to start up other initiatives.
Carbon credits first became widely established with the Kyoto Protocol. Al Gore didn't invent them. So he wants to help run a business that creates carbon sinks? Good for him. It's better than mowing down rain forests or drilling for oil in the arctic. Making money isn't bad in and of itself, nor is promoting ideas that might make you money. It's the kind of work you do and its impact on the world.
And if one feels bad after listening to Gore's message, it isn't Gore's fault.
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Wait a minute.
One of the criticisms of the Bush Administration is that many involved are also involved (or have been in the past) with oil and energy companies.
Now, there is a point to which there is a criticism to be made (mostly about who is setting the energy policy, right or wrong), but why is it OK to criticize one major political figure for having a monetary interest in a certain area, but to brush aside the same issue from another?
Is it because you simply disagree with one while agreeing with the other?