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| Gore Mansion Uses 221 MW Hours per year |
| 2007-02-26 |
| ht Drudgereport February 26, 2007 For Further Information, Contact: Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431 editor@tennesseepolicy.org 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.... 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. ----------- Its possible the Gore Mansion is actually an office with many people working there full time but this would mitigate the problem rather than eliminating it. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #14 It's alright - Gore pays a group of children in South America to hold their breath. So, he's actually carbon neutral. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-02-26 22:36 |
| #13 The Special Goracle of Doom. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-26 22:14 |
| #12 Of course regular rules don't apply to the Holy Elite Priests of Global Warming like the Gorebot. He's special. Don't you guys understand that by now? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-02-26 21:25 |
| #11 Well, I can understand the electric bill. Doesn't a large part of the internet terminate in his house? |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-02-26 21:07 |
| #10 $13,000 for natural gas in Nashville? Oh, wait, it's the pool heaters. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-02-26 21:05 |
| #9 I thought of another possible excuse. Gore may claim that most of the electricity goes to operate security related equipment that the secret service requires him to have. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-02-26 20:34 |
| #8 He buys environment credits to offset his usages. Did'nt you hear??? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-02-26 20:01 |
| #7 He buys environment credits to offset his usages. Did'nt you hear??? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-02-26 20:01 |
| #6 The current issue of Wired has an interesting article on someone who set up a backyard hydrogen fuel cell system that used solar power to generate hydrogen, then stored it in a home propane tank for when it was needed for conversion back to electricity. With big improvements in solar cells, we are soon to reach the magical point where in much of the US, a home could generate its own power with off the shelf equipment, only needed grid energy for peak consumption. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-02-26 19:32 |
| #5 both - men of the lil peepuls™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-26 19:13 |
| #4 His house is something like 20 times the size of the average American dwelling as well... or am I thinking of the former honourable Senator Edwards? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-26 18:30 |
| #3 YOu would think he'd have solar panels to offset the hypocracy charges. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-02-26 18:29 |
| #2 heh .... he's been a flaming hypocrite since Dear Old Dad sold that mine ops option on his property. Delete my dupe post, thx |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-26 18:18 |
| #1 It takes a lot of kilowatts to keep that Macy's Thanksgiving day parade ballon in a suit pumped up. |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2007-02-26 18:11 |