[Vision2020] Gore's Electricity Use Criticized

[Tony]

Alternatively, one could say that Al Gore wastes sufficient electricity to 
offset all of his contributions to "green power."


"Yeah, my boss is a phony son of a bitch," Kalee Kreider didn't say but 
should have.

Toodle-oo,

Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:33 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Gore's Electricity Use Criticized


> >From today's (February 28, 2007) Spokesman Review -
>
> "A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power" - renewable
> energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas - to balance 100 
> percent
> of his electricity costs.
>
> 'Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global
> warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger,' Gore 
> spokeswoman
> Kalee Kreider said."
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Gore's electricity use criticized
>
> Kristin M. Hall
> Associated Press
> February 28, 2007
>
> NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against global
> warming, is being called a hypocrite by a conservative group that claims 
> his
> Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.
>
> A spokeswoman for Gore said the former vice president invests in enough
> renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption.
>
> Gore's documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth," which chronicled his
> campaign against global warming, won an Academy Award on Sunday.
>
> The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research put out a news
> release saying Gore was not doing enough to reduce his own consumption of
> electricity. The group disputes whether global warming is a serious 
> problem.
>
> "We wanted to see if he was living by his own recommendations and walking
> the walk," said Drew Johnson, president of the think tank, which pushes 
> for
> conservative economic issues.
>
> Utility records show the Gore family paid an average monthly electric bill
> of about $1,200 last year for its 10,000-square-foot home.
>
> The Gores used about 191,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, according to bills
> reviewed by the Associated Press spanning the period from Feb. 3, 2006, to
> Jan. 5. That is far more than the typical Nashville household, which uses
> about 15,600 kilowatt-hours per year.
>
> His Nashville home is more than four times larger than the average new
> American home built last year - about 2,400 square feet, according to the
> National Association of Home Builders.
>
> A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power" - renewable
> energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas - to balance 100 
> percent
> of his electricity costs.
>
> "Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global
> warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," Gore 
> spokeswoman
> Kalee Kreider said.
>
> Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of "green power"
> for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month,
> covering 16,200 kilowatt-hours and helping subsidize renewable energy
> sources.
>
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>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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