Gore Attacked For High Electricity Bills(Gore is 'carbon-partial')

CBS ^ | 02/28/07

[TigerLikesRooster]

Gore Attacked For High Electricity Bills

Conservative Group That Disputes Global Warming Says Ex-Vice President Isn't "Walking The Walk"

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2007

(AP) Al Gore, a leading voice against global warming, is being criticized by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.

A spokeswoman for Gore said the former vice president invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption.

Gore's documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth," which chronicled his campaign against global warming, won an Academy Award on Sunday.

The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research put out a news release saying Gore was not doing enough to reduce his own consumption of electricity. The group disputes whether global warming is a serious problem.

"We wanted to see if he was living by his own recommendations and walking the walk," said Drew Johnson, president of the think tank, which pushes for conservative economic issues.

Utility records show the Gore family paid an average monthly electric bill of about $1,200 last year for its 10,000-square-foot home.

The Gores used about 191,000 kilowatt hours in 2006, according to bills reviewed by The Associated Press spanning the period from Feb. 3, 2006, to Jan. 5. That is far more than the typical Nashville household, which uses about 15,600 kilowatt-hours per year.

His Nashville home is more than four times larger than the average new American home built last year — about 2,400 square feet, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power" — renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas — to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.

"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said.

Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of "green power" for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month, covering 16,200 kilowatt-hours and helping subsidize renewable energy sources.

Johnson said it's unclear whether global warming is caused by humans, and he said the threat outlined in Gore's documentary is exaggerated.

The think tank said that Gore used nearly 221,000 kilowatt hours last year and that his average monthly electric bill was $1,359. Johnson said his group got its figures from Nashville Electric Service.

But electric company spokeswoman Laurie Parker said the utility never got a request from the policy center and never provided them with any information.

Parker said Gore has been purchasing the "green power" for $432 a month since November. The Gore home is also under renovation to add solar panels, Kreider said.

Gore also owns homes in Carthage, Tenn., and in the Washington area.

Gore has said he leads a "carbon-neutral lifestyle." To balance out other carbon emissions, the Gores invest money in projects to reduce energy consumption around the globe, Kreider said.

"For every ton of carbon they emit, he offsets that by doing investments in renewable energy sources," Kreider said.

Johnson said those efforts were unconvincing.

"In general, I applaud his efforts to reduce energy consumption, but if he is going to be a spokesman for global warming, he has to be willing to make the same sacrifices," Johnson said.

Johnson said Gore's home has gas lamps lining the driveway, a heated pool and an electric gate, all of which would be easy to do without.

Kreider confirmed that Gore's home has a heated pool and an electric gate, but noted that the gate is important for security and that the driveway has only one gas lamp.

Focusing on Gore's personal electricity consumption misses the point of "An Inconvenient Truth," Kreider said, which is that governments and the public can work together to reduce emissions.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, 'progressive elites' are immune to upholding all principles, even the ones they espouse.

They are busy leading peons to Utopia. No need for worrying about such extra burden.

Mr. Gore, please donate your mansion to me, 'an unprogressive one.' I can make good use out of your mansion without breaking my principles.:-)

[EagleUSA]

Yes, 'progressive elites' are immune to upholding all principles, even the ones they espouse.
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Of course - the generic liberal double standard. Massive hypocrisy.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

He's untouchable, now that he's won an Oscar.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Throw me in jail! My last electric bill was $41.

:)

[miliantnutcase]

That's pretty good! Your a heck of a lot greener than Al is.

[A message]

A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power"

What a scam.

Money offsets climate change.

What this says is one can produce as much carbon emissions as one likes as long as one has enough money to purchase green power. So all you millionaires out there fire up that fleet of SUVs.

[loreldan]

My electric bill is usually around $100 per month. Gore's is $1300 per month. Gore is preaching against people who waste resources too much. Obviously he must think that people with $1300/month electric bills are just fine, so he must believe that less than $1300/month is even better. By his measurement I figure I'm a saint! It's all you people with $2000/month electric bills who are ruining the planet!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I posted earlier on another related thread that Algore must keep his house lit up like a Christmas tree 24/7.

No doubt when summer gets here, my bill will be a bit higher. Hopefully it won't be gawd awful hot, and I can keep this place relatively cool with the windows open.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #4

Gore should like as Unabomber did before his capture. Unabomber may be a total nut, but he is nearly 100% green.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #9

Correction:

Gore should like live as Unabomber did before his capture.

[Screamname]

Hey man, Al Gore has his own stamp! I mean how many people you know got their own stamp? So this qualifies him to use a lot of power!

http://www.planetaryexploration.net/patriot/stamps2/al_gore_stamps.html

[dodger]

Twas funny, indeed, to watch his mugging and grinning with Leo at the Oscars even as theirs (& those of many, many others) were burning carbs aplenty!

[Fiddlstix]

No surprise.
The lib mantra: do as I say not as I do.

[Screamname]

Al needs to shut up and eat his Cheaties....

[DBrow]

Well, on another Algor thread we thought MSM would never cover it.

But, I notice that the utility is beginning to cast doubt on the source of the data.

If they can prove or insinuate or suggest that his electric bill is not 1200 per month (1199.99 is not 1200) then they can save Algor from embarrassment, get the criminals who dared challenge him, and soon we'll be hearing the true story of just how green Algor is.

[Sir Gawain]

How many times can CBS mention the word "conservative"? FU lame brain mediatards. Good riddance when you're gone.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I'll have to take your word for it.

;-)

[dominic flandry]

You're a saint and Gore is a despicable hypocrite.

Do not underestimate the power the dark side of the Force works on the feeble minded.

Gore's goal is power.

[Plutarch]

The Gores used about 191,000 kilowatt hours in 2006.. that is far more than the typical Nashville household, which uses about 15,600 kilowatt-hours per year.

The difference between 191 K and 15 k isn't "far more", it is twelve times. For Dems the MSM it is whispering understatement, for Republicans hyperventilating hyperboble.

[ErieGeno]

A spokeswoman for Gore said the former vice president invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption.

That's the goofiest thing I have ever heard of?????? With logic like that, I guess, if Big Al turns in three bank robbers he's allowed to rob the next bank?????

[org.whodat]

It's all you people with $2000/month electric bills who are ruining the planet!

Agreed, lets hunt'em down and string'em up, get going I'll be right behind you.

[RetiredArmy]

The typical liberal attitude. Do as I tell you you should do, not as I do. Like old fart Barbara telling everyone in Mexiforniastan to hang their wash on the line, but not her.

[indthkr]

"...the former vice president invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption.

In other words, if you are a wealthy liberal, you can consume/waste as much energy as you want as long as you add a "tip" to the bill.

What a joke!

[Thidwick]

Living in the Bay Area I know many vegetarians whom don't believe in eating animals. I wonder if eating 'tofu bacon' for breakfast is enough 'offset' to allow chicken for dinner?

[Lizavetta]

A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power"

Like buying "indulgences" for your sins. You get to keep sinning as long as you have the dough to buy off God. What a freakin' racket.

[loreldan]

Since Gore's bill is that high just on one house I wonder what his total bill is combined for all 3 (or 4)? Let's start with him because it's gotta be pushing $2500. It's his fault I had to endure umpteen blizzards this year, and I'm mad!

[theBuckwheat]

With the crowd that supports Gore, he is buying indulgences from them when he buys "carbon offsets". Being the useful idiots they are, they are more than happy to give him a pass, no matter how little carbon is really sequestered in his name.

[loreldan]

If I drive an SUV but have a wildbird feeder in my back yard does that even things out?

[martinidon]

All of this crap about "offsets" is BS. Thats like ordering a Big Mac and super size fries with a diet coke to offset the calories!
Here is an offset I will commit to. I promise not to use a private jet for personal travel for the next 5 years! :)

[Las Vegas Ron]

I was just at one of those offset web site where you can purchase this crap ( terrapass.com)

Scam does not even come close to describing what these people are doing>

[Twinkie]

Ours runs an average of about $120.00 a month. That still isn't all that great, but we have Al beat. He and Tipper really like to consume energy.

[txroadkill]

Did ya'll hear Rush say he was going on the "Al Gore diet"?
That's where he eats all he wants and you diet.

[ParaVet93]

Just as social conservatives take a painful hit when they violate the moral and ethical beliefs they speak out for, so to must Gore fall on the sword he created.

I just cant believe he thinks it's OK to waste energy as long as you can donate money to an environmental cause. This eco-tithing is the most striking hypocrisy I have seen in years. I bet it is getting zero play in the left-media though. Then again it is Gore, and the media still hates him for capitulating to Bush without starting a civil war in FL.

[Holicheese]

Well, you don't have a deep fat fryer and a snow cone machine running 24-7 do ya?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Mine will probably run close to $100 once it gets hotter outside and the A/C kicks in.

I've gotten myself acclimated to having the thermostat set at 67 degrees all this winter, even when it was -40 outside at night.

[kempo]

It's the same group who wants to take away your firearms while they live behind gated communities and have armed guards with them where ever they go.

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL nope. :)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #31

Hey, Al can close down two dozen household of Freepers, and free up more than enough electricity for his mansion. He can still conserve energy overall.

Maybe this is what Hitlery would do if she gets elected.:-)

[BigSkyFreeper]

It's the same group who wants to take away your firearms while they live behind gated communities and have armed guards with them where ever they go.

Yeah, moving about in their Cadillac Escalades and jetting about to their second house in their Gulfstream V's.

[miliantnutcase]

I keep my place at 63 all winter long, yet my gas and electric bills aren't that great. I think my furnace isn't very efficient.

[aligncare]

One of the New York daily newspapers had a picture of the bloated Owl Gore in his tuxedo at the Oscars along side a picture of the equally corpulent Orson Wells in his tuxedo...I tell you, separated at birth!

[Redcloak]

Gore is 'carbon-partial'

Does that mean that he's carboniferous? (His politics certainly are.)

[BigSkyFreeper]

I know my furnce isn't all that energy efficient. It's about 55 years old. LOL

Big ol' monster of a firebox. LOL

I make up the difference in the purchase of the fuel oil for two 1500 gallon tanks. The last time I bought fuel was last October. a thousand gallons at $2.48 a gallon.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #42

If he can literally eat all carbon he produces, this controversy might settle. However, that requires that he has to become a plant or better yet a tree.:-)

[cruise_missile]

The Gorecal of Memphis

I figured out why algore has a $32K/year electric utility bill.

He has to power the backbone of the Internet at his house.

-Or -

Maybe he has a big air conditioner mounted on top of his house to help cool down the atmosphere.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Al Gore, a leading voice against global warming, is being criticized by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.

Thanks for the heads up. We all know that conservatives lie....don't we?

[razorback-bert]

the driveway has only one gas lamp

Well it that case...nevermind.

[DBrow]

"Algore must keep his house lit up like a Christmas tree 24/7."

It's rumored that he has ten high intensity lights running in his basement, and has purchased several dozen big flowerpots.

[indthkr]

"If I drive an SUV but have a wildbird feeder in my back yard does that even things out?"

I think ALGORE would be OK with that as long as you also have at least one Solar Collector panel on the roof of your house......made by a company that he partially owns, manufactured entirely China, in a factory that derives it's electricity from 45% sulfer-content coal, and dumps all its raw industrial waste in the Yangzee river.

[6SJ7]

Parker said Gore has been purchasing the "green power" for $432 a month since November.

What? He's only been carbon neutral the last four months? Was this done to provide 'cover' for his Inconvenient Truth Tour?