Posted on 02/26/2007 2:25:06 PM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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.
Factor in the private planes and SUV caravans for public appearances.
Drudge also has this news as his main headline. Thanks for posting. :>)
Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot all would have understood this perfectly well. What's wrong with the rest of you?
And, OBTW, that's "annoited".
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!
Best laugh today! Just sent the link to my treehugger friends!
I am curious as to whether he used Limos for the Oscar show or if he tried to make a "statement" by riding in one of those little garbage powered cars.
That's so typical of limousine liberals and I know a few. They are more than ready to preach conservation and environmentalism but don't seem to get around to it themselves.
Wonder if we are going to hear anything about this in the DriveByMedia..
Heck if he had a prius he would need two trips to haul his fat ascz.
Hypocrite Ping!
How about "annointed".
You mean the evil Republican hit-job on poor, earth-loving Al Gore, who only wants to spread the message of conservation but is attacked at every turn by spotlight-loving conservatives who only want to discredit him because of jealousy?
Probably.
In a related story, independant research shows that Algore's extraordinary mass produces 12 times the carbon dioxide as the average Conservative.
Hey, he can't help it. It takes a lot more energy to air condition a house with that much hot air inside.
He flunked out of seminary but managed to become a preacher anyway.
Oh, that's ok - he buys carbon credits from other people.
(uh-huh)
Hats off to Drudge.
Puts a bit of tarnish on Al's gold.
Lying elitist sacks of merd. Period. I love this! T-H-W-A-P!
A friend of mine in Nashville tells me Al Gore's consumption of pork barbecue is also about 20 times the national average.
Aw heck, I like "annopited" better!
Psst, you still did not get it right.................
Al Gore, Global Warming Propheteer, and big hit at the Annual Bimbo Convention.
LOL.
I still Gore should be a man of his word and move into a one bedroom apartment and not turn the heat or AC on (a little open window or fireplace will take care of that problem).
The pigs were in Animal Farm.
I'd love to see a contrast with the Bush residence in Crawfordville. It's considered state-of-the-art environment friendly.
I would like to see the total "carbon footprint" for the
Academy Awards published somewhere. Talk about a gaggle of hypocrits!
Didn't Ted Turner actually practice what he preached? I remember reading somewhere he supposedly used no A/C in his Atlanta mansion. . .
The "special people" will be exempt while the rest of us shiver in the light of a dim bulb.
This story is already on the spike. ALGORE has good intentions and that's that. MSM has no outrage except for those who get in the way of Algore, mrs. Bill Clinton, et all.
Yea sorry , my mistake, I know better..it's perfect though , you have to admit that .He's one of the " special" pigs for sure.
He claims he's trading carbon credits. But what does he have to trade for his lavish lifestyle?
More than 20 times the average of electricity consumption?
Hmmm, maybe he is raising cannabis plants under glow lights in his basement ... he must have been smoking something when he made an Inconvenient Truth!
There is no reason why Algore should burn up fossil fuels. There seems to be no real shortage of them and, as he knows, and I hope you know, too) there is no global warming. It is a con. And a pretty good one, at that. What do the global warming advocates want? --Well, they want power to control you, and they want the financing that you can provide for their various "saving the Earth" projects, and, if they can hurt the USA along the way, so much the better. At first, their efforts were laughable, but, as they have racheted up the stakes and more and more folks are being taken in by it, it looks like all of your favorite politicians will climb on board, if only to look current. After all, it's not their money in the game, it's yours! lol
Maybe he read 'Animal Farm' in 1984. :-)
Let me guess, the Pantsuit released this juicy tidbit today.
He deserves a gold for hypocrisy....priceless!!!!
Interesting. Maybe she is trying to preempt alore from entering. Hussein is enough of a thorn already.
Hmmm... Wonder how that information is public. Does it have anything to do with NES being a public utility, and therefore subject to freedom-of-information requests, or something else?
Interestingly, when I looked at the Nashville Electric Service home page, the first section that caught my eye was titled, "NES Warns Customers About Con Artists", although the article itself was not about Al Gore...
'Carbon footprints' are for the little people.
The first one was a typo, the scond was just going too fast. Oh well...the essence of the message is SPOT ON despite the typos.
He has a DeLorean DMC-12 with a flux capacitor?
Keep trying. It's "anointed".
The title for your next book:
It's a book just begging to be written.
One can only hope that this exercise will be repeated for the humongous John Edwards estate that's currently under construction. Not sure if any part of it is occupied yet, but if we're lucky the utility bills will start rolling in before the 2008 election.
Sorry, my mistake. That's algore's real footprint.
hehehe...oh well. I stand by the original posted message though.
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