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Edwards touts his energy efficient home | ||
2007-03-22 | ||
Betcha the utilities bill is more than $50/month. Major conspicuous consumption. The house itself is bigger than most people's building lots. (1 Acre = 43,560 square feet, so the house itself is better than a half acre. By way of comparison, the Vanderbilt manse at Biltmore (pictured - Breck Boy's main house is only a 7th or an 8th that size) has four acres of floor space, though I think that includes the servants' quarters. But the indoor pool and the bowling alley are both in the main house, so there's no need for the Barn. Vanderbilt could keep his polo ponies in his barns. Edwards' have to be boarded.) "The house was built from the beginning, both in its location for passive solar and the use of active solar, to help provide some of the energy for the house," Edwards said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It doesn't provide all of the energy, but it provides some." And my solar lights also provide some but it ain't running the air conditioner. Sitting on 102 secluded acres, the 28,000-square-foot estate that Edwards and his family call home has a main house with five bedrooms and six-and-a-half baths. It's connected by a covered walkway to a bright red addition known as "The Barn," that includes its own living facilities along with a handball court, an indoor pool and an indoor basketball court with a stage at one end. Where's the swimming pool for the horses? More on the lifestyles of the rich and litigious snipped. On energy, John Edwards would:
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Posted by:ed |
#1 I was going to write something, but I just heard about his wife, and all the snark drained away. |
Posted by: Jackal 2007-03-22 07:56 |