POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET

Nashville Electric Service/Gore House

2006

High 22619 kWh Aug – Sept
Low 12541 kWh Jan - Feb
Average: 18,414 kWh per month

2005

High 20532 Sept - October
Low 12955 Feb - March
Average: 16,200 kWh per month

Bill amounts

2006 – $895.60 (low) $1738.52 (high) $1359 (average)
2005 – $853.91 (low) $1461 (high)

Nashville Gas Company

Main House
2006 – $990(high) $170 (low) $536 (average)
2005 – $1080 (high) $200 (low) $640 (average)

Guest House/Pool House

2006 – $820 (high) $70 (low) $544 (average)
2005 – $1025 (high) $25 (low) $525 (average)

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization, 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.

For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org

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It figures....

That's nothing compared to the rise in the cost of his food bills.

Do as he says and not as he does.

Furthermore from the looks of him he has taken one giant step to save the whales.

In other news, they've just diverted part of Niagara falls to power the Hillary Clinton Election Campaign headquarters, which is operating 'round the clock trying to find ways to win back its Hollywood contingency without using racial epithets towards Obama.

Al Gore is Christ?



I'll have to remember giving these guys a pass next time around.

What does he do for a living now?

He's a spokesman for SUBWAY

He's the before

Jared's the after

Looks like Gore gorged himself full of gourds.

Last I remember, he was teaching and on the lecture circuit.

NEWS FLASH: Obama has just issued a press release saying that if Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and Dick Cheney get liposuction there will be enough fat that can be burned to heat all of new England for the next 100 years.

Lectures, books and he also bought a ton of Google stock when it was an IPO

Why is it surprising, a house with 20 rooms and 8 bathrooms will definitely consume LOT more power than a 2-bedroom apt. You do need to heat/cool so many rooms, don't you? What is the point in comparing with the national average?

I agree. What's the big surprise?

He's consuming electricity and natural gas at a more alarming rate than he's consuming Devil Dogs and doughnuts.

Why doesn't he get some solar panels installed on that big-ass roof??

PS Note the use of the term "big-ass".

A better question: why is it a big deal how much energy he uses when surely the White House most deffinately uses a rather similar figure?

Oh, that's right. It's all about party-loyality. It's always about party-loyalty in the end.

At least the White House is, technically, a working facility. I doubt Al does that much work...and he lost his chance to live at the working facility. :-P

Why is it a big deal? 'Cause he should clean up on his own friggin' doorstep before he preaches at others and condemns them for how much power they use. Besides, how often do you suppose that guy is really at HOME anyway? Not only is he using a lot, but it's basically being wasted on keeping his wine chilled. He needs to get off this mythical global-warming kick anyway and address real issues. No wonder he lost and the Dems don't want him back.

So... Party-loyalty?

I mean, the BB has never struck me as being a large body of environmentalists. This is so clearly about party loyalty. So, he's not practicing what he's preaching, but how many other politicians can we say the same about? I could probably name dozens if I cared enough to apply myself to it, research, and so on. Even without putting in an effort, I can already name a hefty load.

Got nothing to do with politics. I hate a hypocrite, regardless of the topic or context. Al set himself up for such accusations by lining himself up and rubbing elbows with the Hollywood elitists and the tree-hugging PC crowd...the former of whom, btw, exercise the exact same hypocrisy. And let's not even get into their vehicles that they cart themselves around in. That turns my stomach no matter what. Or do you just like to argue politics?

God damn it, there it goes again! "Argue". I was just off in my little corner complaining with another member how the majority of this board cannot distinguish the difference between a debate and an argument! Gah. Everyone here takes any comment regarding politics, religion, current events, or any other related topic as a personal stab, and turns a potentially interesting a enjoyable debate into a piss-covered snowball fight. I mean, I like a good debate. I find them fun, interesting, and amusing. It's nice to exchange views with someone else in a playfully-confrontational way, knowing that you're not actually going to change the other sides opinion, but deciding to just go along with it anyways. I love that, but everyone, as of late, just seems to go off and take things way too seriously, and then they step over a line and get potentially good threads locked. It's completely ridiculous and immature, and makes me laugh when some of the older members here treat the 16-19ish posting demographic like children. Blah.

But, I suppose I'll spare you my bitch-fest.

All I'm trying to figure out is, how is it a surprise in any way that bigger buildings=bigger energy bills? Sure, it'd be wiser to use solar-paneling or an alternative energy source, but this is about as shocking to me as a nude picture of Paris Hilton.

Sorry if I can't manage to formulate a decent sentence, I'm completely worn out from hours of tedious studying.

And from taking showers....

llc brought up a good point here. Too many of the religion/political based discussions get turned around into personal attacks. Granted that many of these subjects are near and dear to us; they go the very crux of our core values, and many of us are passionate about our beliefs. Thats still no excuse, though, for being intolerant of, or demeaning to others' beliefs.

If you feel you can't stop yourself from making a snide remark to another's beliefs please stay out of these discussions.

Are you f*****g talking to me, SC ?

Yeah.... you and the horse you rode in on.

Al Gore

It would be a better world if too many personal attacks get turned around into religious/political discussions.

By the way, did you guys hear that James Cameron found Jesus' bones and made a movie?

I'm still completely out of it, it took me a few moments to get that. I thought you were trying to say I haven't been taking showers, and that I am dirty. Then I remembered the joke I made in the post-whoring thread...

I'll be in the corner trying to think up a witty response.

I think he's put enough time, money, and energy into fighting the cause, some of this can be over looked.

I'm still surprised it has to be overlooked. It's a 20 room house. My house has 12 rooms if you include the foyer, three of those rooms are bathrooms. I bet one of his rooms is about two or more times the size of a room you'd find in my house, or any of your homes. It's all proportionate.

It's just common sense. Bigger house means bigger bill. My feeling is that these are just a bunch of statistics put together by a right-winged reporter in a red state (Tennesse) with some sort of beef or disapproval of Gore. Besides, let's not let this over-shadow more important matters concerning real enviornmental issues.

Amen lawwdy lawwdy. Jenkins, ya hit deh nell on de hed dat time old boa.