algore uses 20X the electricity of a normal home....

[rrrr]

at his mansion. What a tool.
Glad to see the liberal left is able to tell me how to live my life while doing whatever they please in theirs.....
Sort of "An Inconvenient Truth", isn't it?
POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET
Nashville Electric Service/Gore House
2006
High 22619 kWh Aug – Sept
Low 12541 kWh Jan - Feb
Average: 18,414 kWh per month
2005
High 20532 Sept - October
Low 12955 Feb - March
Average: 16,200 kWh per month
Bill amounts
2006 – $895.60 (low) $1738.52 (high) $1359 (average)
2005 – $853.91 (low) $1461 (high)
Nashville Gas Company
Main House
2006 – $990(high) $170 (low) $536 (average)
2005 – $1080 (high) $200 (low) $640 (average)
Guest House/Pool House
2006 – $820 (high) $70 (low) $544 (average)
2005 – $1025 (high) $25 (low) $525 (average)
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization, issued a press release late Monday:
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, [20-room, eight-bathroom] 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.
For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org

[Poster X]

He's a rich guy in a giant house. Proportionatly he uses no more than anyone else. This type of assault is the weakest in the right wing arsenal but works very well for people who don't look at the big picture and let others do their thinking for them.
Al Gore has never preached that we should all live in the dark so he can see his mansion from a further distance. His message is that everyone can cut their percentage usage and save money and lessen our dependance on fossil fuels. You guys think because someone on the left doesn't mind paying taxes to support social programs we should give up everything we own and live in a ditch. People help in proportion to their income and in proportion to their usage. Big Al shouldn't have to live in a hut with no electricity just because he is a proponent for conservation of energy or global warming. If everyone cuts their dependence by equal percentages to our usage we can build a better future for our children. If we stand around and judge others because they can afford more proportion of usage compared to our own.. we'll be standing there doing nothing. As usual.
Rich people have big houses and big bills. Your usage is just as abusive to someone living in a shack. The proportions will never be equal in a system of free enterprise. If you want everyone living to a standard you approve of then run for dictator.

[rrrr]

Blah blah blah.....
Maybe you should read more carefully, Mr. Conservation.
So why did his consumption of electricity go up 13.7% between 2005 and 2006?
And I doubt his mansion is 20 times the size of a normal home, so your proportion argument falls flat too.
Gore is just practicing bullshit hypocrisy and you know it.

[058]

He's a rich guy in a giant house. Proportionatly he uses no more than anyone else. This type of assault is the weakest in the right wing arsenal but works very well for people who don't look at the big picture and let others do their thinking for them.
Al Gore has never preached that we should all live in the dark so he can see his mansion from a further distance. His message is that everyone can cut their percentage usage and save money and lessen our dependance on fossil fuels. You guys think because someone on the left doesn't mind paying taxes to support social programs we should give up everything we own and live in a ditch. People help in proportion to their income and in proportion to their usage. Big Al shouldn't have to live in a hut with no electricity just because he is a proponent for conservation of energy or global warming. If everyone cuts their dependence by equal percentages to our usage we can build a better future for our children. If we stand around and judge others because they can afford more proportion of usage compared to our own.. we'll be standing there doing nothing. As usual.
Rich people have big houses and big bills. Your usage is just as abusive to someone living in a shack. The proportions will never be equal in a system of free enterprise. If you want everyone living to a standard you approve of then run for dictator.
Oh pleeeeeeeeesssseeee....! Here he is preaching to all of us mere mortals to "lessen our carbon footprint"....what has he done to lessen his? He turns out a light in one of his many rooms. Bear in mind that the example rrrr cited above is for just one of his FOUR houses. Now please explain to me why someone needs 4 large houses. Like John Kerry said "I don't own a SUV, they belong to my family" Oh so that makes it ok? Rich or not these idiots should lead by example if they expect us to follow their empty preaching and "lessen our carbon footprint" In the famous words of Arianna Huffington "I fly on private jets because they were going there anyway" WTF???? So was Southwest Airlines you stupid ****. Please don't tell me to ride the bus from the window of your limousine.

[058]

Blah blah blah.....
Maybe you should read more carefully, Mr. Conservation.
So why did his consumption of electricity go up 13.7% between 2005 and 2006?
And I doubt his mansion is 20 times the size of a normal home, so your proportion argument falls flat too.
Gore is just practicing bullshit hypocrisy and you know it.This
just proves one thing, liberals will protect their own no matter how wrong or how stupid they look. Sad thing is they think most people are too stupid to know the difference. I guess "hypocrisy" is just another word only known to Conservatives.

[Kachina26]

Proportionatly he uses no more than anyone else.
HUH??? He's one man and I'm one man, proportionatly he's the same as me.

[Old Texan]

"Let them eat cake..."- Marie Antoinette prior to losing her head during the French revolution I believe.
Gore and Kerry have always admired the French elitists far more than the society they are claiming to watch over. Both could do the world a favor and work on harnessing all their hot air to generate something other than manure.

[ULTRA26 # 1]

"Let them eat cake..."- Marie Antoinette prior to losing her head during the French revolution I believe.
Gore and Kerry have always admired the French elitists far more than the society they are claiming to watch over. Both could do the world a favor and work on harnessing all their hot air to generate something other than manure.
Wouldn't a fair comparrison to Gore's energy useage be an itemized energy accounting of Bush's TX ranch or the White House. Big houses use more power. It amazes me how most here feel the need to find a way to make the opposing party look bad. There are useless Dems as there useless Reps. Seems like a waste of enegry to me. (no pun intended)
John M

[Poster X]

The point is "the right" wanted to take your interest away from the environment and fossil fuels and keep it focused on a singular individual you can hate. Like sheep you knock each other over trying to get through that door.

[Moneypitt]

Wouldn't a fair comparrison to Gore's energy useage be an itemized energy accounting of Bush's TX ranch or the White House. Big houses use more power. It amazes me how most here feel the need to find a way to make the opposing party look bad. There are useless Dems as there useless Reps. Seems like a waste of enegry to me. (no pun intended)
John M
No, it is not the same. Bush doesn't stand up and scream the sky is falling at every oppertunity. IF GLOBAL WARMING IS GORE'S BABY, and it is, he needs to lead us in the right direction BY EXAMPLE......I'm sure the casinos in Vegas use XXXX times more power than I do, but you don't hear the casino owners/operators screaming at everyone else to "cut back".............Gore is a tool, a useless tool, (well, except when he invented the internet), that needs a reality check...............Sadly, I use to like the guy, but he fell in to fantasyland and can't seem to climb out...........MP