The official Google blog dropped a few links to some of the posts on another one of its blogs, pointing out the companies interest in “climate change” issues and advocacy.

Here is a summary of those links…

Putting the Bali road map in context

At the outset of this conference, we noted that the scale and complexity of the climate crisis demands collective action by the world’s governments. The Bali roadmap, while leaving much to be desired, represents an important step in this process. All the parties are still at the table and are now committed to spending the next two years crafting a more comprehensive global solution to fighting climate change. Many were hopeful that the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election in 2008 will help breathe new life into this process, regardless of whether the President-elect is a Republican or Democrat.

But given how difficult it was to reach an agreement in Bali and how acrimonious the negotiations were, the rest of us can’t afford to wait for the world to negotiate a new climate agreement. We need to take action now. Fortunately, many people around the world are doing just that. The numerous panels and side events at Bali were filled with examples of concrete actions people are taking now to build a cleaner future. We wrote on how the world’s local governments are launching their own initiatives to fight global warming and how others are working to ensure that any solutions take into account equity and justice considerations. Another hot topic of conversation here was the growing efforts of many companies to reduce their carbon footprints and take a leadership role in promoting smart energy policies.

Demanding climate justice in Bali

Though all 15,000 participants of the UN climate conference have come to Bali to discuss the global response to climate change, there are many points of entry to the debate. Some enter through the policy door, seeking better rules to mandate emissions reductions. Others enter through the investment door, seeking profit from carbon markets and clean technologies. And an increasing number of participants come through the global development door, seeking “climate justice” for poor populations effected by global warming. As Meena Raman of Friends of the Earth International in Malaysia explained, “We all agree that climate change is happening, but now we have to ask the question of how to share the burden of adjustment.”

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Now, set all of that aside for a second. Let’s take a look at the Al Gore connection with Google… shall we?

Can Gore buy the 2008 election?

Al Gore has such a fortune in Google stock that he could easily fund his own campaign for the White House, Democratic insiders say.

Gore became a senior adviser to the Internet search engine back in February 2001, and is a close friend of CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt. Google shares went public in 2004, and the stock has soared from $85 a share to more than $400. Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are worth an estimated $11 billion each.

Also see Gore and Google team Up

It’s interesting to watch a company who claims to be so interested in climate change team up with one of the biggest hypocrites of the global warming alarmist movement.

Al Gore has said the following.

Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe. “Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb,” warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. “We have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tailspin.”

Al Gore, a man who enjoys MANY hours of private jet travel and several mansions that are far bigger than the average home, makes millions from the global warming hysteria. It’s a simple marketing plan in that anytime global warming is mentioned, Al Gore comes to mind.

A company like Google could do well with this kind of marketing. From the quotes above, it looks like Google really does care about climate change and wishes to do its part in helping out.

The problem is… Google is a major contributor to emissions. I mean, they’re driving an army of heavy vehicles down every major street in America for the Google Maps Street View application. And as I understand it, Australia and New Zealand are coming next.

Or how about the fact that Google’s own founders like to fly around in a Boeing 767?

It’s probably safe to say that the Googleplex has no shortage of plastic and environmentally unfriendly materials on their property.

And do we even want to begin discussing the amount of power required to run such a company? Aside from things like endless pools, Google has thousands of servers that certainly don’t run on batteries.

Granted, Google does use a lot of solar energy. So that’s a plus.

But in the end, I find it odd that a man who has used global warming to make millions and create a marketing powerhouse for his name, is teaming up with Google. And now Google is venturing in to the same realm.

Am I alone on this?