The Corrupt Saint Al (Part 8,437,972)

clipped from corner.nationalreview.com Futures trading driving up the price of oil is a signal, not the cause, of the success of this effort. the wager is that aggregate demand will increasingly outstrip aggregate supply: A pretty safe bet as long as China and India are industrializing while the United States, where much of the world’s untapped fossil fuel resides, is legally off limits to further development. Self-interest is at work here. Politicians want money and political support from the green lobby. Green venture capitalists, like Kleiner Perkins general partner Al Gore, stand to make billions of dollars on “cleantech” investments, but only if oil prices continue to climb. A lot of venture portfolios are in trouble the day after Congress permits unfettered domestic oil exploration. And these folks are nothing if not well-connected. I once again insist that AOPA withdraw its support for SOS now. Self-interested? Al Gore? The sainted Al Gore? Who'd a thunk it?