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

[Debbie Gray]

Another website
<http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54450>
has a similar article with this paragraph at the end:
Responding to critics, Gore has described the
lifestyle he and his wife Tipper live as "carbon
neutral," meaning he tries to offset any plane flight
or car trip by "purchasing verifiable reductions in
CO2 elsewhere."

--- kerry becker <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com> wrote:


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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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