Speaking of Inconvenient
It seems like the former Vice President has some 'splaining to do!
"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... 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. " (emphasis mine)
Now if the former Vice President needs all that energy, who am I to begrudge him. However, when he sits there and tells everyone that they need to do without in order to "save the planet from global warming" I do expect the man to practice what he preachs!
Mr. Vice President....the whole point of being a leader is to lead! If you want the rest of the world to heed your call to conservation, then be a leader! Get those compact fluoroscent bulbs, set your thermostat down to 65 in the winter (like the rest of us do) and turn the air conditioning up to 78 like the rest of us do. Instead of driving a caravan of Suburbans....get a couple of Prius! Park that private jet and fly coach like the rest of us. Reduce, reuse, recycle...remember that? What are you doing to reduce your consumption?
Until then, don't tell me I'm not "doing enough" to protect the planet.
(H/T The Drudge Report)
"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... 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. " (emphasis mine)
Now if the former Vice President needs all that energy, who am I to begrudge him. However, when he sits there and tells everyone that they need to do without in order to "save the planet from global warming" I do expect the man to practice what he preachs!
Mr. Vice President....the whole point of being a leader is to lead! If you want the rest of the world to heed your call to conservation, then be a leader! Get those compact fluoroscent bulbs, set your thermostat down to 65 in the winter (like the rest of us do) and turn the air conditioning up to 78 like the rest of us do. Instead of driving a caravan of Suburbans....get a couple of Prius! Park that private jet and fly coach like the rest of us. Reduce, reuse, recycle...remember that? What are you doing to reduce your consumption?
Until then, don't tell me I'm not "doing enough" to protect the planet.
(H/T The Drudge Report)
Labels: Al Gore, Global Climate Change
posted by The Lady Logician at
7:43 PM
1 Comments:
Good Lord, is there any piece of right-wing attack propaganda that you won't blindly accept?
# The Tennessee Tax Dept. does not consider the "Tennessee Center for Policy Research," which roughly no one had heard of before this, a legitimate group. It's run by a long-time right-wing attack hack, and its only registered address is a P.O. box. Why is everyone in the media taking what it says about Gore's electricity use at face value?
# Gore's electricity company has no record of being contacted about his bills.
# The "average" home electricity use quoted by TCPR is a national average that includes apartments and mobile homes. In Gore's climatic zone, the East South Central (Dept. of Energy PDF), the average is much higher, thanks to hot, humid summers and cold winters. Within that zone, Gore's usage is three (not 20) times average, and his per-square-foot usage is squarely average. (More here.)
# The Gores are not an average family. He's an ex-VP with special security arrangements, and has live-in security staff. He and his wife both work on their many business and charitable undertakings out of their house, so they have space for offices and office staff. All that would be tough to cram in an average size house.
# Gore buys the maximum allowable green electricity from the program offered by his utility.
# Most of the electricity in TN comes from hydro and nuclear, and so doesn't generate all that much CO2 anyway.
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