by Peter Holland

illustration by Rostislav Kotil

illustration colors by Peter Holland

Name: Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
Born: 31 March 1948
Profession: Environmentalist, Apple, Inc. advisor, ex-Vice President of US.
Accomplishment: Won: Nobel Prize, Oscar, Emmy Award.
Nationality: American

→ Philanthropy: 7/10
Pre-eminent US environmental campaigner since ’80s.
Made An Inconvenient Truth. Saw benefits of high-speed Internet in ’70s, making him a lone tech visionary in politics.
The Clinton-Gore Administration left the US in robust economic health, thanks partly to Gore promoting the dot-com boom.
Pushed strongly for anti-global warming Kyoto Protocol.

→ Extremism: 6/10
One of the few Harvard alums to enter Vietnam War (despite strongly opposing it).
Nine minor factual errors were discovered in An Inconvenient Truth; however, the underlying (and very scary) message is overwhelmingly supported by academia and the facts.

→ Guilt Factor: 3/10
Unaware he was still on live TV, Bush said to the Swedish PM of his 2000 election theft, “It’s amazing I won - I was running against peace, prosperity and incumbency.” The race was stolen, but it shouldn’t have been so close.

→ Mythology / Mythbuster: 6/10
Didn’t actually invent the Internet. Was actor Tommy Lee Jones’ former roommate. Was once more right wing: pro-guns and anti-abortion funding! Supported Gulf War.

→ Inspiration to Others: 7/10
An Inconvenient Truth was one of the most influential awareness-raisers about environmentalism (moved from being a dirty word to mainstream politics).

→ Fate Factor: 8/10
Unlucky guy. Could’ve been a brilliant ‘leader of the free world’ but emerged when half the US electorate were insane.

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