Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”

Tennessee Center for Policy Research ^ | February 26, 2007 | TN center for policy research

[dennisw]

Barbara Streisand
has been branded a hypocrite after refusing to turn down her air conditioning despite telling fellow Californians to cut back on electricity during the state's current energy crisis. On her website, the legendary singer implores fellow Californians to turn their thermostats up. However, employees for the 59-year-old diva have claimed she routinely keeps the central air conditioning blasting in her many homes - including her Manhattan penthouse - even when she is thousands of miles away. One unnamed employee told reporters: "She is someone who cannot be hot, not even for a minute. Maybe it's menopause, but she refuses to sweat. She freaks if she walks into a warm room."

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[mewzilla]

A conservation is for the little people bump.

[nascarnation]

Algore looks like they surgically implanted a tire valve in his belly button and pumped him up to 120 psi......

[mewzilla]

He's a glutton in more ways than one.

[grey_whiskers]

Some *ssholes are more equal than others.© 2007 grey_whiskers

Cheers!

[NoneOfTheAbove]

From Wikipedia: Prairie Chapel Ranch

The passive-solar house is positioned to absorb winter sunlight, warming the interior walkways and walls of the residence. Geothermal heat pumps circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet (100 m) deep in the ground. A 40,000 US gallon (151 m³) underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof urns; wastewater from sinks, toilets, and showers cascades into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is then used to irrigate the landscaping around the four-bedroom home.

[NoneOfTheAbove]

George W. Bush - Environmental Champion

In a brief ceremony held yesterday in his home state of Texas, President George W. Bush was named recipient of the annual Environmental Conservation Award by the Environmental Assessment League (EAL), for his outstanding work in the field of conservation as Governor of Texas and in his first few months as U.S. President. The award winner is selected each year through an extensive survey of environmentalists and scientist who assess the impacts and success/failure of programs and projects implemented during each administration. Among the survey of 20th century US Presidents, Bush narrowly beat out Ronald Reagan for the top spot, while Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Clinton received the lowest marks for environmental achievement. ...

[libertarianPA]

Hello, Kettle? This is Al... you're black!

[N. Theknow]

Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

Can't be using it to heat his house.

Bull$hit is exothermic.

[dfwgator]

Heck if he had a prius he would need two trips to haul his fat ascz.

How much gas is wasted because of the extra weight his fat carcass puts on the car?

[dfwgator]

Liberals are so cute when they're angry.

[Perdogg]

Maybe there was an extention cord all the way to John Edwards Mansion to feed his power needs.

[Perdogg]

Maybe there was an extention cord all the way to John Edwards Mansion to feed his power needs.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

You're acting like a jerk. You don't have to forward my comment to anyone. I thought it was very funny.

[Cobra64]

You're acting like a jerk. You don't have to forward my comment to anyone. I thought it was very funny.

Ummm. I don't want to forward your post because it looks like the work of a child.

[englishprof1955]

Inconvenient Truth

You and your rich friends have some nerve
to lecture me about how much fuel an SUV burns,
and how I should turn off every light in the house
and walk around in the dark each night,
and how I should recycle and conserve and go green
and keep my energy footprint small.
You sound so sincere that I’m almost ready
to believe your inconvenient truth
and sell my car and take that guilt trip ride
on the city bus.

And then I learn that your Bigfoot power bill
costs more in a month that I spend in ten,
and that your private jet burns more fuel on one trip
than my car does in a year,
and how you and your politician and entertainment friends
(paper plate Emmys and all)
are flying around the world like swarming gnats
on a swamp, looking for votes or cash or pats on the back.

So let me understand:
I’m supposed to turn my A.C. off and sweat all night,
keep the lights down low and take the filthy metro,
while it’s ok for you and yours to waste?
I’m glad to know you’re thinking about me and mine
and the future of my kids, and as you say, it’s about morality.
But you and yours are saving the world
for Democracy and Hollywood and Wall Street
and whatever other cause your celebs tout these days,
and I’m just a back room teacher/poet struggling to get by.
It almost makes me want to cry to see how much you care.

But poets run on hydrocarbon fuel as well:
we need it for our laptops and our ink,
and not all caged birds sing—
some of us shout and it may not be what you want to hear.
So I’ll listen to you with a grain of salt,
you and your inconvenient truth—
but until you’re ready to come down to earth and walk the walk
you can preach to me all day long and through the night,
and when I’m cold I’ll turn up the heat
and when I write I’ll keep the light up burning bright
and if I could afford a gas-guzzling SUV
I wouldn’t give it up for you.

James Arthur Anderson

[Grampa Dave]

Al Gore is shown responding to these facts in one of his mansions:

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Nice name for the picture. Isn't that what the world is all about ? :)

[Grampa Dave]

In California, we have the super rich limo fat cat liberals who own massive homes, limos, private jets and want the rest of us to freeze in the winter and burn up in summer and eat recycled food.

So this fat cat is a good symbol. I need someone to replace the beer with a bottle of champagne.

[BrittanyTyann]

al gore is a joke