Sister Toldjah!
2/26/2007 - 6:56 pm

Fresh off his Academy Award win for the alarmist ‘documentary’ “An Inconvenient Truth”, Al Gore is facing allegations today that he, well, doesn’t practice what he preaches:

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.

Hat tip: Numerous ST readers

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Comments

  1. It looks like Al Gore’s energy usage is an inconvenient truth.

    Although I love alot of the movies that come out of Hollywood, it looks like they just exposed themselves as a bunch of idiots and frauds.

    First they give a ton of awards to the Dixie Chics, then they give Al Gore an award for his movie. I think we all know that these awards are politically motivated.

    Comment by G-Monster @ 2/26/2007 - 9:38 pm

  2. The hypocrisy is just too much.

    Gore’s Own Inconvenient Truth

    Comment by JammieWearingFool @ 2/26/2007 - 10:08 pm

  3. I’m betting Gore will try to explain it away by claiming he bought ‘carbon credits’ or some such nonsense. Basically, he’ll say he paid to use the electricity not being used by a couple of dozen peasants in North Korea, so it’s OK seeing as he donated to the Sierra Club.

    It’s the usual feeding cry of the self-serving leftist (scientific name limousinus liberalus hypocritus): do as I say, not as I do.

    That’s my prediction. You heard it here first.

    Comment by Great White Rat @ 2/26/2007 - 10:35 pm

  4. We have to stop Algore! He’s melting the icebergs! What’s a poor polar bear to do?

    Comment by Tom TB @ 2/27/2007 - 7:02 am

  5. Might want to compare and contrast here:

    The 4,000-square-foot house is a model of environmental rectitude.

    Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this “eco-friendly” dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize.

    A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem.

    No, this is not the home of some eccentrically wealthy eco-freak trying to shame his fellow citizens into following the pristineness of his self-righteous example. And no, it is not the wilderness retreat of the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council, a haven where tree-huggers plot political strategy.

    This is President George W. Bush’s “Texas White House” outside the small town of Crawford.

    Link

    The rest of the article is telling too. Rather than heap praise on Bush, as they would if this were the Gorebot, the author devolves into an anti-Bush BDS tinged rant about how bad Bush is for the environment. Typical, but the fascinating thing is, Bush walks the walk that Gorebot only talks about.

    Comment by Severian @ 2/27/2007 - 9:24 am

  6. Severize me,

    I don’t get the lefties spin on this one either. Bush’s federal budget spends more per year on climate change than ANY OTHER COUNTRY, plus his house is eco-friendly yet Common Dreams lefties are so full of BDS that they can’t speak with any perspective. Common Dreams folks are out to lunch.

    Comment by Baklava @ 2/27/2007 - 11:18 am

  7. Don’t you know Bak, nothing Bush does will ever satisfy the leftists. If Bush suddenly announced he had a cure for cancer, they’d complain that he was putting doctors and lab workers and researchers out of business, creating a new poor underclass while he made the rich richer. He could start peeing gasoline and crapping gold and they’d find something to complain about.

    Comment by Severian @ 2/27/2007 - 1:06 pm

  8. Gas is very stinky and Gold is very heavy. =)) - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 2/27/2007 - 1:16 pm

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