Al Gore, Jr. Biography
- Title:
- Chairman of the Alliance for Climate Protection and Former Vice President of the United States
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“Here’s what we can do — now: we can make an immediate and large strategic investment to put people to work replacing 19th-century energy technologies that depend on dangerous and expensive carbon-based fuels with 21st-century technologies that use fuel that is free forever: the sun, the wind and the natural heat of the earth…
What follows is a five-part plan to repower America with a commitment to producing 100 percent of our electricity from carbon-free sources within 10 years.”
“The Climate for Change,” New York Times, Nov. 9, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder and Chairman of the Board, Alliance for Climate Protection
- Co-founder and Chairman, Generation Investment Management
- Senior Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Chairman, Current TV, 2005-2013
- Co-recipient, Nobel Peace Prize, 2007
- Board Member, Apple Computer, Inc.
- Senior Adviser, Google, Inc.
- Visiting Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
- Vice President of the United States, 1992-2000
- Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 2000
- Member, US Senate (D-TN), 1984-1992
- Member, US House of Representatives (D-TN) 6th District, 1982-1984
- Member, US House of Representatives (D-TN) 4th District, 1976-1982
- Journalist, US Army (served in Vietnam), 1969-1971
- Education:
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- Attended Vanderbilt Law School, 1974-1976
- Attended Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1971-1972
- BA, Government, Harvard University, 1969
- Other:
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