[Vision2020] Al Gore wins an Oscar for...

[Mark Solomon]

No, just being rich.

Reminds me of the ten thousandth time someone in 
the timber industry said to me "and I bet you 
don't live in a house made of wood or use toilet 
paper". (that always opened up the opportunity 
for me to relate how I live in a house I built 
made entirely from wood I salvaged from the 
original Potlatch mill that they closed after 
cutting all the old growth in the Palouse region. 
No one ever used that line on me twice...)

I agree with you that living high on the hog is 
hard on the planet, but that doesn't discredit 
the message.

Mark

At 3:45 PM -0800 2/26/07, kerry becker wrote:
>being a hypocrite?
>
>POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; 
>CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
>Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET
>
>The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an 
>independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research 
>organization committed to achieving a freer, 
>more prosperous Tennessee through free market 
>policy solutions, issued a press release late 
>Monday:
>
>
>
>Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming 
>documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an 
>Oscar for best documentary feature, but the 
>Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found 
>that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
>
>Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] 
>located in the posh Belle Meade area of 
>Nashville, consumes more electricity every month 
>than the average American household uses in an 
>entire year, according to the Nashville Electric 
>Service (NES).
>
>In his documentary, the former Vice President 
>calls on Americans to conserve energy by 
>reducing electricity consumption at home.
>
>The average household in America consumes 10,656 
>kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the 
>Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured 
>nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the 
>national average.
>
>Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 
>kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in 
>one month than an average American family uses 
>in an entire year. As a result of his energy 
>consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric 
>bill topped $1,359.
>
>Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, 
>Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an 
>average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 
>18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
>
>Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at 
>his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s 
>mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per 
>month last year.
>
>“As the spokesman of choice for the global 
>warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to 
>walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it 
>comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center 
>for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
>
>In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined 
>electricity and natural gas bills for his 
>Nashville estate in 2006.
>
>
>
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