Environmentalist Gore allowed zinc mine

[alphaman]

ZINC MINING DISASTERS

CARTHAGE, Tenn. While area zinc mines have a good environmental track record, according to state officials and regulatory reports, abandoned zinc mines in the tri-state area of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri caused one of the worst environmental disasters in the country.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...goremine_N.htm

[Tock]

The story says,

CARTHAGE, Tenn. — Al Gore has profited from zinc mining that has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances near his farmstead, but there is no evidence the mine has caused serious damage to the environment in the area or threatened the health of his neighbors.

So what's your point?

[alphaman]

The story says,

CARTHAGE, Tenn. — Al Gore has profited from zinc mining that has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances near his farmstead, but there is no evidence the mine has caused serious damage to the environment in the area or threatened the health of his neighbors.

So what's your point?

Yeah. I should have found a better depiction of this story. The mine hasn't been around long enough to cause much damage. The point is the potential threat it poses. Doesn't make much sense for Gore to spew all that crap in his movie, and then profit from a dangerous mine such as this. If you'd just seen the movie, and didn't know any better, you'd think he'd protest. It just shows that he's full of it.