Al Gore Wants Economic Growth Measured In Terms Of Global Warming
It’s called “green GDP,” and it’s essentially where our nation’s economic health isn’t scored using math so much as a panel of “experts” deciding what kind of growth is good growth and what kind of economic growth is not.
Says Al Gore:
Surely a broader accounting of economic activity will enhance economic policy and decision-making. We commend the work of Professor Joseph Stiglitz and the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress for recognising that while facts and figures are important – indeed critical to thoughtful decision-making – we have placed too great an emphasis on outdated modes of distilling economic value. The longer we defer the proper accounting for externalities such as global warming pollution, the greater the strain we place on our already fragile economies.
Build an oil refinery and create thousands of jobs in a high-unemployment area? Drill an oil well and provide fuel for millions at affordable prices? That’s bad growth. You’re murdering the planet.
Build a biofuels plant that is only “profitable” in so far as the government provides heavy subsidies for production and mandates for use of your products? Why, that’s good growth. You’re saving the planet!
Do you think maybe the companies responsible for “good growth” might just be the companies Al Gore and the rest of the green elite own and/or invest in? You betcha. That’s how this works. The elite controlling everything for the rest of us.
You know. For our own good.



