It looks like the Nobel-Prize-winning former Vice President of the USA has been profiting big time from global heating. And big time could be an understatement, according to the New York Times. The Times couldn't nail a figure, but:
Mr. Gore’s spokeswoman would not give a figure for his current net worth, but the scale of his wealth is evident in a single investment of $35 million in Capricorn Investment Group, a private equity fund started by his friend Jeffrey Skoll, the first president of eBay.
In his defense, the man who was cheated out of the 2000 presidency by George W. Bush and his cronies says he's put his money where his mouth is. His critics claim that he stands to benefit from every piece of legislation (and investment of public funds) steering the nation away from carbon-based fuels. Not bad for the man whose last net worth disclosure as the nation's VP put him at a meager $2 million. Wonder what these fellows think about it.
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