Gore’s ‘green’ house uses MORE energy than before
If you remember, it came out about a year ago that Gore’s house in fact used 20x more energy than the average household. This fact cannot be debated because even the all knowing snopes.com found that this claim was true. Now this fact in itself is worthy enough to be brought up every year in order to celebrate the hypocrisy it represents. However, this is not the reason I bring up this year old fact; the reason is that this saga gets so much better.
During this past year, Gore has worked to try to make his home more energy efficient in order to lesson some of the outright hypocrisy in his life. Did he succeed in his mission, you ask? Nope. He failed miserably. The end results of his efforts was a house that consumed 10% more energy on average than previously.
In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.
“A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”
In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.
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After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.
Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Stories like this make me laugh and laughing is good, right? They say it adds years to your life, years that Gore said aren’t going to be there due to global warming. Know what I say to that? Utter BS. Judging by the way he is living, he doesn’t seem too worried. I think I am going to follow Gore’s example (not his message).
Hat Tip Right Wing News
