Comments on: Gore warns Wall Street of ’subprime carbon’ industry. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:47:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268656 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:43:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268656 That's Mr Gore to you sm That’s Mr Gore to you sm

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268594 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:04:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268594 Don't worry about it southern man.....it's out of your hands anyway......you don't really get to even add any input from here on in......your day has come and gone and you have been found lacking. Don’t worry about it southern man…..it’s out of your hands anyway……you don’t really get to even add any input from here on in……your day has come and gone and you have been found lacking.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268466 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:06:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268466 Seriously though, would these Neo-Cons like sticking their nose on unregulated car exhausts or drinking PCB-Laden water? It was Progressives that got laws to protect even their sorry asses from environmental pollution. Comment by Brain From Planet Arous I think it's shortsightedness.....inherent in people who support the repubs......they won't be upset until it affects them personally.....kinkda like the taser thing. It's ok for now but when they start tasering first and asking questions later it will be a different story......wer're almost there with the tasers. Seriously though, would these Neo-Cons like sticking their nose on unregulated car exhausts or drinking PCB-Laden water? It was Progressives that got laws to protect even their sorry asses from environmental pollution.

Comment by Brain From Planet Arous

I think it’s shortsightedness…..inherent in people who support the repubs……they won’t be upset until it affects them personally…..kinkda like the taser thing. It’s ok for now but when they start tasering first and asking questions later it will be a different story……wer’re almost there with the tasers.

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268351 Brain From Planet Arous Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:21:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268351 <em>after bush moves to south america…. Comment by Fred — February 15, 2008 @ 1:05 pm</em> Then he can be around all of the other Nazis and their families who moved there after WW2. The new B-Science Fiction "They Saved Bush's Brain" Seriously though, would these Neo-Cons like sticking their nose on unregulated car exhausts or drinking PCB-Laden water? It was Progressives that got laws to protect even their sorry asses from environmental pollution. after bush moves to south america….

Comment by Fred — February 15, 2008 @ 1:05 pm

Then he can be around all of the other Nazis and their families who moved there after WW2.

The new B-Science Fiction “They Saved Bush’s Brain”

Seriously though, would these Neo-Cons like sticking their nose on unregulated car exhausts or drinking PCB-Laden water? It was Progressives that got laws to protect even their sorry asses from environmental pollution.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268304 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:05:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268304 I am sick of liberal fear mongering over the environment. It is truly disgusting and unAmerican. Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate gonna suck to be you then for the forseeable future.....after bush moves to south america.... I am sick of liberal fear mongering over the environment. It is truly disgusting and unAmerican.

Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate

gonna suck to be you then for the forseeable future…..after bush moves to south america….

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268254 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:51:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268254 rr, please show the proper respect to Mr Gore and submit your statement as a request in the future. rr, please show the proper respect to Mr Gore and submit your statement as a request in the future.

]]> By: Roger_Roger http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268240 Roger_Roger Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:46:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268240 So you want to tack another cost to Business (the ones that use carbon which is all of them). Adding a cost to the American economy means less capital, which means less GDP and less Jobs. Seems like a very bad idea to me. So you want to tack another cost to Business (the ones that use carbon which is all of them). Adding a cost to the American economy means less capital, which means less GDP and less Jobs. Seems like a very bad idea to me.

]]> By: OptimisticMF http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268214 OptimisticMF Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:39:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268214 #12, Why are you here, if not just to parrot your party's talking points? You did not post anything about Gore that hasn't been discredited numerous times. I suppose your going to try and tell us that Gore said he invented the internet too? The only hate I'm filled with is for the ignorance that people like you "catapult" (to paraphrase your leader) on a daily basis. #12,

Why are you here, if not just to parrot your party’s talking points? You did not post anything about Gore that hasn’t been discredited numerous times. I suppose your going to try and tell us that Gore said he invented the internet too?

The only hate I’m filled with is for the ignorance that people like you “catapult” (to paraphrase your leader) on a daily basis.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268211 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:39:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268211 To the trolls who seem obsessed with Al Gore. It is Mr. Gore, sir. To the trolls who seem obsessed with Al Gore.

It is Mr. Gore, sir.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268106 RUCerious Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:06:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268106 BushitCo has turned America into a subprime nation. BushitCo has turned America into a subprime nation.

]]> By: Mugsy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4268028 Mugsy Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:40:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4268028 I hope Al is right that eco-unfriendly businesses will be hurt by the next big market trend of people seeking environmentally-friendly products from environmentally-friendly corporations, where businesses that refuse to change their ways (or can't because their PRODUCT is a pollutant, like oil) will gradually be driven out of business. But the change is bound to come SO slowly, providing polluters ample time to retool their business so attract those "eco-dollars", that <strong>only those with the most carbon-heavy stock portfolios will suffer.</strong> I hope Al is right that eco-unfriendly businesses will be hurt by the next big market trend of people seeking environmentally-friendly products from environmentally-friendly corporations, where businesses that refuse to change their ways (or can’t because their PRODUCT is a pollutant, like oil) will gradually be driven out of business.

But the change is bound to come SO slowly, providing polluters ample time to retool their business so attract those “eco-dollars”, that only those with the most carbon-heavy stock portfolios will suffer.

]]> By: VerbalKint http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267978 VerbalKint Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:08:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267978 Obviously RR doesn't understand investing. Obviously RR doesn’t understand investing.

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267945 Saint Augustine Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:34:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267945 Strange just how stupid RR really is. I read that investors need to be aware that there will be a cost to bussinesses that are reliant on energy sources that contribute to global warming. Now is the time to invest in alternative energy sources, sources that offer new investment opportunities with substantial returns for those who do invest. RR doesn't realize that once the children are out of office and sane sensible people are in office we will see the truth, not the lies that the Bush administration had worked so hard to give us. My message to RR is "pull your head out of the sand". Strange just how stupid RR really is. I read that investors need to be aware that there will be a cost to bussinesses that are reliant on energy sources that contribute to global warming. Now is the time to invest in alternative energy sources, sources that offer new investment opportunities with substantial returns for those who do invest.

RR doesn’t realize that once the children are out of office and sane sensible people are in office we will see the truth, not the lies that the Bush administration had worked so hard to give us.

My message to RR is “pull your head out of the sand”.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267937 Lefty Patriot Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:32:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267937 How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems? Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am You'll have to ask the republicans; they're the ones destroying the economy, the military, and American prestige worldwide. How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems?

Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am

You’ll have to ask the republicans; they’re the ones destroying the economy, the military, and American prestige worldwide.

]]> By: OptimisticMF http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267931 OptimisticMF Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:29:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267931 Roger_Roger, Are you an idiot? Gore's pretense is that businesses should analyze their products and services. If there is an assumption that carbon is "free", then they need to take a hard look at their business model. For instance, if I sell building materials, how much carbon is released into the atmosphere during the construction process? Since we understand that greenhouse gases are causing harm to our climate, we need to start thinking in these terms. Simply discharging our waste into the atmosphere or throwing waste "away" doesn't cut it anymore. There is no more "away", everything ends up somewhere. If we don't manage this problem, the results are going to be continually worse for the quality of life on this planet for all living things. Get a grip, this is an OPPORTUNITY for the US to take the lead. Companies that factor in true waste costs will be more efficient and better able to compete. The playing field has been skewed for decades (centuries), by the assumption that throwing things away doesn't cost anything. With 6+ billion people on this planet, that time is past. Roger_Roger,

Are you an idiot? Gore’s pretense is that businesses should analyze their products and services. If there is an assumption that carbon is “free”, then they need to take a hard look at their business model.

For instance, if I sell building materials, how much carbon is released into the atmosphere during the construction process? Since we understand that greenhouse gases are causing harm to our climate, we need to start thinking in these terms. Simply discharging our waste into the atmosphere or throwing waste “away” doesn’t cut it anymore. There is no more “away”, everything ends up somewhere. If we don’t manage this problem, the results are going to be continually worse for the quality of life on this planet for all living things.

Get a grip, this is an OPPORTUNITY for the US to take the lead. Companies that factor in true waste costs will be more efficient and better able to compete. The playing field has been skewed for decades (centuries), by the assumption that throwing things away doesn’t cost anything. With 6+ billion people on this planet, that time is past.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267928 toasterhead Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:28:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267928 <i>WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy. Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am</i> Um, no. Actually, he said nothing like that. He warned that businesses need to adapt their business plans to a changing carbon market, or they will hurt the American economy. That's really not even remotely like threatening to "intentially" hurt the economy. Moron. WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy.

Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am

Um, no. Actually, he said nothing like that. He warned that businesses need to adapt their business plans to a changing carbon market, or they will hurt the American economy. That’s really not even remotely like threatening to “intentially” hurt the economy.

Moron.

]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267922 Luis M Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:25:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267922 WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy. This guy is going nuts. Do the dems really want to cause that kind of havoc to America? Right now of all times? How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems? Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am You'd rather have a job now than have a safe planet for your grandchildren to live in. You selfish coward. And besides, that's a false dichotomy, there's a lot of job growth in clean industries and technologies for those people who work at dirty industries right now. WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy. This guy is going nuts. Do the dems really want to cause that kind of havoc to America? Right now of all times? How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems?
Comment by Roger_Roger — February 15, 2008 @ 10:22 am

You’d rather have a job now than have a safe planet for your grandchildren to live in. You selfish coward.

And besides, that’s a false dichotomy, there’s a lot of job growth in clean industries and technologies for those people who work at dirty industries right now.

]]> By: Roger_Roger http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267919 Roger_Roger Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:22:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267919 WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy. This guy is going nuts. Do the dems really want to cause that kind of havoc to America? Right now of all times? How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems? WOW is all I can say. Did gore just threaten to hurt the American economy? Did he just insist we intentially hurt our economy. This guy is going nuts. Do the dems really want to cause that kind of havoc to America? Right now of all times? How much GDP is enough? How many job loses are enough for the Dems?

]]> By: clb72 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267904 clb72 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:07:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267904 yeah you're right, sorry, not enough coffee yet. yeah you’re right, sorry, not enough coffee yet.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4267899 toasterhead Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:59:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/15/gore-warns-wall-street-of-%e2%80%98subprime-carbon%e2%80%99-industry/#comment-4267899 <i>As in “The Republicans have turned the US into a subprime lender.” Comment by clb72 — February 15, 2008 @ 9:58 am</i> Wouldn't the US be a subprime borrower? I think in the current context China is the subprime lender. As in “The Republicans have turned the US into a subprime lender.”

Comment by clb72 — February 15, 2008 @ 9:58 am

Wouldn’t the US be a subprime borrower? I think in the current context China is the subprime lender.

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