As of October 2006, An Inconvenient Truth has grossed more than $23 million at the Box Office, and Al Gore himself continues to profit off his views on climate change. There’s an important distinction to make between altruism and agenda. Though he promised proceeds from his book and documentary toward the Climate Reality Project, for instance, he reeled in about $175,000 per public appearance. He became a multimillionaire within two years of producing the film.
Al Gore could make a large profit from a firm producing smart meters for monitoring household electricity usage.
This is just one example of how a topic, an important one, can be taken and twisted to an individual’s political and financial advantage. It’s important to consider the source when discussing an issue as contentious as climate change.
This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t focus on reducing energy consumption and our carbon footprint. But, we must do so without the fanaticism purported by global warming ‘enthusiasts.’
Factually speaking, a professor of atmospheric science at the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama Huntsville analyzed 73 UN computer models and predictions for global warming, and found that corresponding datasets over the last 17 years show no warming.