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Here ya go Stretch. Limousine Liberal at his best
"Al Gore?s Personal Energy Use Is His Own ?Inconvenient Truth?
Gore?s home uses more than 20 times the national average

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, 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 the 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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The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions.

9.February 28th,
2007
10:29 am
"This story just reminded me that I have the option to buy power from renewable sources instead of coal. Surely that wasn?t the intent TCPR had in mind when they decided to push this story. Backatcha, ya smug little hacks!"
? Posted by rms
a comment, i laughed.

This fact checking? Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider...

How the fuck is this possible? The AP just stated that they reviewed the records of the Nashville Electrical Service.
Are we to believe that because the Utility company generates some of its energy for sale from non-Carbon sources that Gore can just claim all his usage came from those sources?
What a crock of shit.

did you help hitler write all his speeches

The guy uses energy saving bulbs and still uses that much power? Has Solar fucking panels and still uses that power? Consumers with Solar panels usuually end up with negative consumption from their Utility company.
100% green power? Green Power Switch? I'm going to have to reasearch these because they sound like rhetoric to me.

Carbon offsets? WTF? Lets see what this is all about......
Wiki..Carbon Offsets
is a service that tries to reduce the net carbon emissions of individuals or organizations indirectly, through proxies who reduce their emissions and/or increase their absorption of greenhouse gases.[1] A wide variety of offset actions are available; tree planting is the most common. Renewable energy and energy conservation offsets are also popular, including emissions trading credits.
and the big statement that makes this statement by Al Gore a crock of political shit is......
The intended goal of carbon offsets is to combat global warming.[2] The appeal of becoming "carbon neutral" has contributed to the growth of voluntary offsets, which often are a more cost-effective alternative to reducing one's own fossil-fuel consumption. However, the actual amount of carbon reduction (if any) from an offset project is difficult to measure, largely unregulated, and vulnerable to misrepresentation.
So more cost effective than actually reducing and reusing. The programs are not measureable...while his energy consumption is. Not regualated, and misinterpreted.
Exactly. He plants a fucking tree.

Is this mearly a rich mans way out of being enviromentally responsible?
Has Al Gore ever produced facts to back up his statement about Carbon Offsets?
The link to my quote from the AP is within your first quote targeting the Tenn organization calling out Gore.

lets me and you keep out of this debate with our lame uneducated sarcasm

Making a movie about global warming when the movie industry is one of the biggest contributors to pollution seems like a large irony to me.

but i sense sarcasm there. was that a) it wasnt worthy of an intelligent response or 2) moxie's simple yet to the point reply had no counter?
either way, f bush go gore. anyone that sides with clinton is aok in my book.

who cares how much energy he uses, all politicians are hypocrites. They just pick issues that will get them the most votes so they can influence policy that will financially benefit themselves.