PsychoPhil

If this story turns out to be accurate, and all indications are that it is, I’m going to be even more pissed at Gore and his audacity at telling me how I should live.

Falling For Gore

National Public Radio fell for Al Gore’s dubious claim that he buys “carbon offsets” to offset the atmosphere-polluting energy usage of his energy-hog Nashville mansion. Memo to NPR: The company Gore’s spokesman claim Gore buys his “carbon offsets” from – Generation Investment Management – doesn’t sell carbon offsets. It’s a money management firm for high net worth individuals like Al Gore who, coincidentally, is co-founder, chairman and part owner of the firm.

Translation: Gore pays himself, in the form of a LLC, when buying his much vaunted ‘carbon offsets’. Only problem is, the company he supposedly buys carbon offsets from doesn’t actually SELL them.

So, if Generation Investment Management doesn’t sell carbon offsets themselves, do they buy them for their ‘high net worth individuals like Al Gore’? And if so, why aren’t they saying who they buy them from?

Here’s hoping The Tennessean – or some mainstream media outlet – will investigate to determine the following: If Gore doesn’t buy carbon offsets from Generation Investment Management – does he buy them at all? Who from? How many? Are they from a highly-rated carbon offsets seller? Does he really buy enough to “offset” his decidedly non-carbon-neutral lifestyle?

I have to hand it to Al Gore. He’s built himself quite a little racket with this whole Global Warming thing. Paying himself to offset his carbon footprint. I mean really… that takes balls.

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