Former Vice President Al Gore is making millions of dollars off the green energy movement.  From being a silent partner in several venture capital green energy firms, to being the creator of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Gore is profiteering off of his fear-based energy crisis movement.   He is currently leading a venture investment of $75 million towards installing millions of so-called smart meters in homes and businesses.  As global warming hype continues, Al Gore continues to grow richer.  He has gone from being public servant to now one of the richest Americans  of our time.

His Political Motives

Recently the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants.  Since Gore has many friends on Capital hill, his private company that he is a partner at, Silver Spring, won more than $560 million contracts of work from the government.  Kleiner Perkins and its partners, including Mr. Gore, have made millions of dollars from Gore’s relentless campaign of global warming and the new energy crisis.  While neither are a scientific fact, Mr. Gore has seemingly swayed Capital Hill into believing that there is a major global catastrophe on our hands if we do not adapt new green energy.

Is he an Environmental Philanthropist or a Profiteer?

It is hard to find any other public figure that has campaigned as heavily as Mr. Gore has on green energy restrictions.  As for when this green transformation will be in full effort, it will be Mr. Gore, not the citizens, who will be profiting.  In fact, Mr. Gore is positioned to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire”.  He is cashing in on government policies that he leads, which give billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.  While his private investments will continue to grow in billions of dollars, the US economy will quickly falter under the new strict environmental restrictions.

Where Does His Money Go?

Since campaigning for stricter carbon emission rules and trading, Mr. Gore has also invested millions of dollars in green energy and environmental business ventures, like solar energy, carbon trading markets, and waterless technologies.  Also, his political sidekicks have the inside scoop and are following his lead.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are not only leading the senate towards energy-saving policies, they also are investing their personal funds in Gores’ energy ventures.

Using Politics to Get Rich

Is it moral to advocate and promote energy policies that personally enrich public figures? This to me seems like an abuse of public office.  The purpose of public office is to serve the citizens, not to profit from their own carbon emission policies and insider investment ventures.  When Mr. Gore left government in early 2001, he had assets of less than $2 million.  Since that time, his environmental lobbying and his private investments have made him one of the richest Americans of the decade.  He will make billions of dollars off global warming and the green energy movement.