Everyone seems to have missed that, based on the numbers given, Al Gore has reduced his power usage by 12% from 2005 to 2006 and has plans for more reductions. Isn't that what it's all about?
The fact that his bill has gone up is probably a function of the increased price of energy, not increased consumption. I'm sure it's the same for all of us. Steve Quoting Kirk McLoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } > Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth': While telling the rest of us to > cut back, he uses 20 times more energy to run his house than > everyone else > http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=nation_world&id=5072659 > > Heated pools electronic gates gas lanterns in yard and $30,000 a > year in utility bills. How do you spell h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e? > > (2/27/07 - NASHVILLE, TN) - Back home in Tennessee, safely > ensconced in his suburban Nashville home, Vice President Al Gore is > no doubt basking in the Oscar awarded to "An Inconvenient Truth," > the documentary he inspired and in which he starred. But a local > free-market think tank is trying to make that very home emblematic > of what it deems Gore's environmental hypocrisy. > > Armed with Gore's utility bills for the last two years, the > Tennessee Center for Policy Research charged Monday that the gas and > electric bills for the former vice president's 20-room home and > pool house devoured nearly 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, more > than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kilowatt-hours. > > "If this were any other person with $30,000-a-year in utility > bills, I wouldn't care," says the Center's 27-year-old president, > Drew Johnson. "But he tells other people how to live and he's not > following his own rules." > > Scoffed a former Gore adviser in response: "I think what you're > seeing here is the last gasp of the global warming skeptics. They've > completely lost the debate on the issue so now they're just > attacking their most effective opponent." > > Kalee Kreider, a spokesperson for the Gores, did not dispute the > Center's figures, taken as they were from public records. But she > pointed out that both Al and Tipper Gore work out of their home and > she argued that "the bottom line is that every family has a > different carbon footprint. And what Vice President Gore has asked > is for families to calculate that footprint and take steps to reduce > and offset it." > > A carbon footprint is a calculation of the CO2 fossil fuel > emissions each person is responsible for, either directly because of > his or her transportation and energy consumption or indirectly > because of the manufacture and eventual breakdown of products he or > she uses. (You can calculate your own carbon footprint on the > website http://www.carbonfootprint.com/) > > The vice president has done that, Kreider argues, and the family > tries to offset that carbon footprint by purchasing their power > through the local Green Power Switch program electricity generated > through renewable resources such as solar, wind, and methane gas, > which create less waste and pollution. "In addition, they are in the > midst of installing solar panels on their home, which will enable > them to use less power," Kreider added. "They also use compact > fluorescent bulbs and other energy efficiency measures and then they > purchase offsets for their carbon emissions to bring their carbon > footprint down to zero." > > These efforts did little to impress Johnson. "I appreciate the > solar panels," he said, "but he also has natural gas lanterns in his > yard, a heated pool, and an electric gate. While I appreciate that > he's switching out some light bulbs, he is not living the lifestyle > that he advocates." > > The Center claims that Nashville Electric Services records show > the Gores in 2006 averaged a monthly electricity bill of $1,359 for > using 18,414 kilowatt-hours, and $1,461 per month for using 16,200 > kilowatt-hours in 2005. During that time, Nashville Gas Company > billed the family an average of $536 a month for the main house and > $544 for the pool house in 2006, and $640 for the main house and > $525 for the pool house in 2005. That averages out to be $29,268 in > gas and electric bills for the Gores in 2006, $31,512 in 2005. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/