Al Gore - World’s First Carbon Billionaire

From today's DT

The former US vice president is in line to make a large profit from a firm producing smart meters which monitor household electricity use.

He is a partner in a Silicon Valley venture capital firm which invested £45 million in Silver Spring Networks, a small California company which has been developing technology to monitor household power use to make the electricity grid more efficient.

Last week the US Energy Department announced £2 billion in grants and a proportion of that, thought to be more than £305 million, will go to utility operators with which Silver Spring has contracts.

The venture capitalists who invested, including Mr Gore, now look set to receive a handsome return.

Read the full article here.

Lord Monckton on Al Gore's 'Green' Business Interests

After rubbishing the AGW theory, Lord Chris then lays in to Al Gore, describing him as a "failed presidential candidate, not a particularly distinguished vice-president... he's an arrogant little so-and-so, he's not a nice man." He follows up with strong words about Gore's London-based Generation Investment Management company and those associated with it.

A must see video!

NB: This is part III of a full hour talk show on Canadian TV hosted by Michael Coren.