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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.
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| wienerschnitzel |
| i can't say i'm surprised.. |
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| stren |
omg drama!
lets forget about global warming, because he's a hypocrite |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by stren
omg drama!
lets forget about global warming, because he's a hypocrite |
Let's forget about global warming because Stren said so! |
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| idoru |
| I'd have to give that article the "Captain Obvious Award." |
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| Clovis |
| They're gonna have to try harder than that to "pown" him. That was pansy . |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
Let's forget about global warming because Stren said so! |
now make me a sammich bitch |
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| RJT |
Other than Natural Gas, the article doesn't discuss the source of the energy for Gore's home. Furthermore, if you read the rest of that organizations website, it becomes pretty obvious that even though they are a "non-partisan" organization, they're promoting a patently republican agenda.
I'm not saying the article is entirely wrong, but it's certainly from a somewhat unscrupulous source with questionable politcal motives. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
They're gonna have to try harder than that to "pown" him. That was pansy . |
| quote: | | In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006. |
I agree that its not all bam and pow and pwnt on teh man but tell me how many americans make as much as his to power bills are? What would those people opinions be about him if they knew the above? |
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| StanVoid |
| wow, they really got him there. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by grooviebeats
I agree that its not all bam and pow and pwnt on teh man but tell me how many americans make as much as his to power bills are? What would those people opinions be about him if they knew the above? |
Hopefully their opinion would be unchanged, as that article addresses very little other than the number, and certainly not the source.
Articles like that are meant solely to illicit kneejerk reactions from people who aren't smart enough to sift through blatantly partisan rhetoric for some measure of truth. |
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