Ferrari Mailing List: Al Gore' Personal Energy Use (NFC)

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There is this from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research;

http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=367



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.

Regards,
George