Al Gore's home guzzled 20 times more electricity than the average household

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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    polaris wrote:
    but even with the best forms of emission controls - it will still spew toxic chemicals in the air - how do you account for the thousands that die from respiratory illnesses a year? ... or the health care costs or loss of productivity from the millions who are sick due to air quality?


    Survival of the fittest? ;)
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    polaris wrote:
    but even with the best forms of emission controls - it will still spew toxic chemicals in the air - how do you account for the thousands that die from respiratory illnesses a year? ... or the health care costs or loss of productivity from the millions who are sick due to air quality?


    Seriously though, I gues syou are right in that part of it is a tax...I really liek the idea of companies purchasing ...can't think what there called, but basically the right to pollute a certain amount of pollution that they can then sell on the openm market if they reduce their own emissions...it's not perfect, but I like it.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Survival of the fittest? ;)

    survival of the privileged!
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    polaris wrote:
    survival of the privileged!


    Same thing. ;)
    hippiemom = goodness
  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    I don't care what kind of house Gore has. It is just the hypocrisy of it all. He loves to tell other people how to live and then does the opposite.

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
    "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room."

    Gambling=a taxation on stupidity.

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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I'm all for cleaning up the environment, and reducing emissions, but I think Gore is just out to carbon tax people in order to get their money. Seriously though, what's the deal with this guy? How much frickn power does this idiot need?

    http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764

    "In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice Presidents home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

    A mans commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home, said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.

    In the past year, Gores home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.

    In February 2007, An Inconvenient Truth, a film based on a climate change speech developed by Gore, won an Academy Award for best documentary feature. The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research uncovered that Gores Nashville home guzzled 20 times more electricity than the average American household.

    After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gores massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the homes windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the green overhaul.

    Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month 1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.

    In the wake of becoming the most well-known global warming alarmist, Gore won an Oscar, a Grammy and the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, Gore saw his personal wealth increase by an estimated $100 million thanks largely to speaking fees and investments related to global warming hysteria.

    Actions speak louder than words, and Gores actions prove that he views climate change not as a serious problem, but as a money-making opportunity, Johnson said. Gore is exploiting the publics concern about the environment to line his pockets and enhance his profile.

    The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a Nashville-based free market think tank and watchdog organization, obtained information about Gores home energy use through a public records request to the Nashville Electric Service."
    Al Gore did not win an Oscar. In a documentary only the producers can win. The subject doesn't win. Again the Left's misinformation system is filtering into the mainstream.
    "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room."

    Gambling=a taxation on stupidity.

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  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,826
    I believe it.

    Although, something is screwy about that article, or its findings. I find it funny that his bills actually went up after going geothermal and solar... The Geo would make the electric bill rise, but the solar should have at least offset the extra electricity that the heating system would draw.

    I wonder if that part of the article is correct?

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