Is it true that Algore has a zinc mine, and that the mine has put 500,000 tons of polltants in the air?

Question

i heard it has been closed for some time but that he is going to start it back up again..is this true? say it isn't so, it can't be..

....i suppose i could google it...or you could...BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Trevor, usa today says that "millions of pounds of of potentially toxic substances"..millions of pounds will indeed constitute 500,000 tons..mk?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-18-goremine_N.htm?csp=34

AND DID ANYBODY BUT YOU AND ME "NOTICE" this???

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Answer 2

Al Gore has a zinc mine on his property in Carthage, Tennessee which until 2003 was operated by Pasminco Zinc. He received royalties of $20,000 a year. The mine is now closed.

The mine hasn't put 500,000 tons of pollutants into the air but the state of Tennessee has cited Pasminco for pollution of the Caney Fork River through deposits of zinc, barium and iron.

I haven't heard anything to suggest that it may be re-opened, I may be wrong but I very much doubt it will be (at least not unless Gore sells the property first).

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Re your addit details:

Have now read the USA Today report (my original info came from another source). The report states 19 million pounds of material (that's only 8,617 tons) and because it's a zinc mine the majority would be solids as opposed to gases. Even if 1% were gases it would be less than 100 tons. Mining produces more methane than carbon dioxide and CH4 is a worse greenhouse gas than CO2 - 23 times the global warming potential (100 yr GWP). If it were 100 tons and it were all methane then it's the equivalent of 2,300 tons of CO2 - about the same as 2 Americans produce in their lifetime.

In respect of zinc mining, land and water contamination is a much more serious threat than atmospheric contamination.

Answer 3

You question implies that no one who pollutes has any right campainging for a cleaner environment.

We ALL pollute. We drive, we heat, we eat, etc. The goal is to leave as little pollution behind as we can. And to clean where we can. And to reduce where we can.

No one is saying we should live like cave men. What Al Gore, and proponets like him, propose is to reduce pollution where possible.

As for a zinc mine. I don't know what Al Gore has. But like "Bob" said, his personal life has nothing to do with the global warming issue. Furthermore, unless you want to go through life without Zinc, there will in fact be SOME pollution produced from the mining of it.

It's just rediculous how much energy is used to try to discredit Al Gore. You know what that tells me? He MUST be telling the truth!

Answer 4

No, that's false.

Gore does not own the mine, and has never owned it. He does own the land that the mine sits on, but the mineral rights were leased (by Gore's father) in an unbreakable 30-year lease before Gore ever owned the land. When the lease expired in 2003, Gore did not renew it.

Answer 5

I think that algore is the wrong guy for the wrong job. Im just glad he was never president! He's no environmentalist he just cares about himself and money.
The reason algore is important to the above writer is that he is like all of these people that say one thing and do another. They say to conserve and then don't.

Answer 6

Al Gore's personal life has absolutely nothing to do with the very solid science that says global warming is real, and mostly caused by us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change

This question belongs in "Politics", not global warming.

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"

Answer 7

Wow, I would be surprised if any of it were true. After doing that special and all ... He can't possible be that dumb, can he?

Answer 8

he also owns a coal mine