[Vision2020] Al Gore wins an Oscar for...

[Mark Solomon]

Except that I've never pulled a gun on a person 
in my life and never hunt anywhere but on my own 
land. Still, if that's the word on the street 
it's not a bad security system.

:)
m.

At 4:33 PM -0800 2/26/07, Matt Decker wrote:
>Mark,
>
>You could even go further and say, the stock on 
>my shotgun I pull numerous times on peoples near 
>but not on my property, only cause I hate anyone 
>near "MY" mountain is made of wood.
>
>:)
>Matt
>
>>From: Mark Solomon <msolomon at moscow.com>
>>To: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Al Gore  wins an Oscar for...
>>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:55:09 -0800
>>
>>No, just being rich.
>>
>>Reminds me of the ten thousandth time someone 
>>in the timber industry said to me "and I bet 
>>you don't live in a house made of wood or use 
>>toilet paper". (that always opened up the 
>>opportunity for me to relate how I live in a 
>>house I built made entirely from wood I 
>>salvaged from the original Potlatch mill that 
>>they closed after cutting all the old growth in 
>>the Palouse region. No one ever used that line 
>>on me twice...)
>>
>>I agree with you that living high on the hog is 
>>hard on the planet, but that doesn't discredit 
>>the message.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>At 3:45 PM -0800 2/26/07, kerry becker wrote:
>>>being a hypocrite?
>>>
>>>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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