[Anyone] Al Gore's Hummer

[Mike in Taos]

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

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