Gore’s quest to become a fake meat billionaire – Lobbies for climate policies that limit meat while his firm invests $200 million in meat substitutes

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Climate Depot

Host Mark Steyn: Al Gore is the single biggest investor in the meat substitute company Beyond Meat. Marc Morano — is the publisher of the excellent Climate Depot and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change, and he joins us now. Al Gore is basically in line to become the world’s first post-meat billionaire.

 

Marc Morano:  Yes, I call it the first fake meat billionaire. Gore is invested — like he did — you go back before President Obama is elected, Al Gore came out with a list of green tech firms and companies that people should invest in. Obama puts $2.5 billion of those into a green stimulus and 14 firms affiliated with Gore get federal money from Obama. Fast forward to this year: Al Gore invests in the fake meat substitute, Beyond Meat. It’s made up 22 and ingredients including bamboo and potato starch, and now it is the most successful IPO this year and at the same time, Gore’s associates are writing reports condemning meat and linking eating it to climate. He is essentially lobbying for regulations that will enrich him once again.

 

Mark Steyn: Had a lady talking about this the other night, she wants Evan to switch from eating meat burgers to these Beyond Meat burgers. They have two burgers for a buck, $0.50 apiece, but the Beyond Meat burger is $17, so Al Gore is getting a nice royalty on those beyond meat burgers.