Posted on 07/01/2008 3:03:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former vice president’s home energy use surged more than 10 percent, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.
“A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”
In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.
In February 2007, "An Inconvenient Truth," a film based on a climate change speech developed by Gore, won an Academy Award for best documentary feature. The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research uncovered that Gore’s Nashville home guzzled 20 times more electricity than the average American household.
After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.
Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
In the wake of becoming the most well-known global warming alarmist, Gore won an Oscar, a Grammy and the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I bet even Tipper hangs Al’s boxers on a clothes line......
Gore, the Kennedys, Sting, Springsteen, Hollywood “Save the Planet” types . . . phonies all.
It’s not only the home that’s guzzling something.....a few cheeseburgers here a dip basket full of fries there, a bucket full of milkshakes there, and to top it off a few lines off the glass coffee table.....
He needs to give all his stuff to the poor and live in a tree.
Bingo. And when he's all done, people will all say, "Thank you, Al Gore, you're super awesome." Exthelthior!
First he has the nads to pretend he invented the internet, now he has all his lefty buddies believing he is a greenie. I guess we’ll find gore wherever there is a buck to be had won’t we. What a hypocritical joke this idiot is!!
Sniff, sniff...
I can believe in the hypocrisy of Algore, but this is rather hard to believe.
Al Gore wants YOU to live like the Flinstones while HE lives like the Jetsons.
This guy is a total fraud and the issue of global warming is also a fraud. We need no more proof than to observe Gore's behavior. If he really believed what he spouts, he'd be cutting consumption. He's not and has no intention of doing so. Gore is a liar.
Yep, Al has packed on the pounds, hasn’t he?
But none of this matters, because:
1. Al Gore is the Pope of the Church of Global Warming, so he’s entitled to his comforts.
2. He buys carbon credits based on his power use at his house, so that he can claim to be carbon neutral.
That would mean using energy to wash them. Maybe he just donates them (unwashed) like his former boss.
It's for you own good. I know all...
It's for your own good. I know all...
A hallmark trait of a liberal - they expect everyone else to carry the water and do the heavy lifting while they offer nothing but excuses.
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