Steve Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, appears in this film and will participate in our March 22 panel discussion. He will also present Al Gore’s slideshow on March 23,” she said. Click and scroll down to Mar. 11
I'm so glad the AP found an objective source to evaluate goron's home.
Says it all:
“The Gores decided to take a series of steps over time that might be logistically or financially out of reach for many Americans,” she said. “But they were fortunate enough to have the ability to do so.
Yet AlBore would like to impose these costs on us all.
Thats great. Now when the vast majority of Americans can afford to do the same thing, without breaking into their life savings, then we will talk. Until then Gordo, shut the h#ll up.
It’s all in the first sentence. Gore only made the changes AFTER being criticized about it.
Wonder if he ever got around to fixing his tenant’s plumbing problems...
Think of all that mercury that will end up in the environment. Gore's environmental insensitivity has reached new lows.
“Short of tearing it down and staring anew, I don’t know how it could have been rated any higher,”
You could have just turned off the electricity and moved into a treehouse, Al.
He had a good thing going, laudnering carbon credits to himself, before people noticed his home and demanded energy efficiency on his part.
You mean that he's preventing the natural flow of water into the Mississippi River water table??
It’s easy to do such upgrades when you have $100million in the bank. About 100 fold what he had when he left DC. Follow the money.
He is still using 9110 kilowatts compared to the average homes use of 1300 kilowatts.
AP accolades for 11%? That 11% energy savings just went out the window with his recent trip to Bali. The way the media heralds Gore you’d think they had no idea that Gore’s father voted against the Civil Rights laws in the sixties.
So now Al Gore Junior will be powering his home using his own solar panels. The energy consumption will still be high but it will be privately sourced and the consumption won't be monitored.
IIRC, this sounds like he's updating his home according to the Crawford, TX Bush Family Enviro-Friendly Norm. High time, too, Mr. Gore that you followed the president's lead.
“And all the money spent can be considered a carbon offset.”
“Gore’s electric use increased again after he had to take his solar panels off-line in August...”
His electric use was the same. The difference was whether it came from a private generation source or off the same lines as the sheeple.
If “green energy” companies are superior to the common utility companies, why doesn’t he power his home strictly from their production? Why the private production? With his money, he could probably get his own company online.
Gore has said the criticism was unfair because the 10,000-square-foot mansion was undergoing extensive remodeling. He said this week that "global warming denier" groups were trying to discredit him because they don't like the attention he has given to climate change
Too freaking funny. Only Albots and watermelons would give Gore a pass for reducing his energy usage from 16,000kwh a month to 14,000kwh.
Good gravy! The man still uses over 10times what an average house uses and they hold him up as a model! A paragon of virtue!
Sorry, Al baby. You talk the talk you gotta walk the walk. And if the rest of us have to live in caves you should get a tent.
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"The Gores were caught flat-out as hypocrites by the Internet bloggers, who pointed out that while preacing conservation, they bask in the luxury of incredible energy consumption, and had to do some very visible CYA work," she said. "Tough luck if the government takes too much of your tax dollar, and you can't afford to make improvements like this yourself."
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This is so typical of Lib-think. Now Algore has “fixed” this problem, as if by waving a magic wand. Any further criticism he may get for consuming so much energy at his mansion can be dismissed, because he “fixed” that problem.
Never mind the actual amount of consumption. Never mind the waste. Because for a Liberal, the results don’t matter. All that matters is that gestures were made in the right direction, and that everybody can feel good about themselves.
Now, I hate to be a mean Conservative results-oriented Troglodyte, but lets look at the numbers, shall we?
If we take the numbers in the article as a given, which may not be advisable, since we are dealing with people who lie for a living, it works out like this...
Average consumption before renovation - 16,000 kWh / month
Average consumption - Nashville - 1,300 kWh / month
Reduction in consumption June-Aug 07 - 6,890 kWh month
Estimated consumption after renovation - 16,000-(6,890/3) = 13,703 kWh / month
So, if we tale all of Algores figures as true, he has gone from consuming 12 times the average in his area to consuming 11 times the average in his area.
And for this, he is breaking his arm patting himself on the back, and getting accolades from all and sundry. If you ever wanted an example of the dishonest nature of the analysis applied by Liberals, this is it.