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Re:Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by graeme on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:17PM (#18520059)
The article says Gore made his money in business, by starting a TV network and from stock options earned while sitting on Apple's board. The options were from before the massive rise in Apple's stock.

You implied Gore made his money from climate activism, but your own source contradicts you. The options are:

1. You have such confirmation bias that you don't even read articles you post as evidence, or 2. You know you're arguing in bad faith, but you hope to persuade people who don't read the link

I'm sure Al Gore has made some money from climate activism, but the vast bulk of his fortune came from elsewhere. So the comment you were replying to was accurate in describing it as a marginal increase due to activism.

Re:Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by ramblerouser on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:09PM (#18619840)
Here's the first hit from a web search for "al gore solyndra"

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_1961299

Tldr; The Washington Post attributes most of Al Gore's net worth to investments in taxpayer subsidized climate startups.

There certainly are bad faith people on hackernews, i just hope you yourself arent one of them lol.