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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 08-02-2017 10:38 AM
Drew Johnson Senior Fellow, National Center for Public Policy Research
Gore’s hypocritical home energy use and “do as I say not as I do” lifestyle has plunged to embarrassing new depths. In just this past year, Gore burned through enough energy to power the typical American household for more than 21 years, according to a new report by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The former vice president consumed 230,889 kilowatt hours (kWh) at his Nashville residence, which includes his home, pool and driveway entry gate electricity meters. A typical family uses an average of 10,812 kWh of electricity per year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It gets worse.
In 2007, the day after Gore won an Academy Award for “An Inconvenient Truth,” I revealed Gore’s hypocritically high electric bills. In some months, I discovered, his residence gobbled up to 20 times more electricity than the average American household. When Gore’s inconvenient truth became public knowledge, he promised to change his ways and gave his property a green makeover. Gore added 33 solar panels at a princely price tag of approximately $60,000. He also upgraded the home’s windows and ductwork, replaced the insulation, put in a driveway rainwater collection system, and installed a geothermal heating system. The Nobel laureate also heroically went to the trouble of replacing his incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones. In total, the renovation are estimated to cost well over $250,000. But the home’s green facelift wasn’t enough to offset Gore’s colossal energy consumption. Despite spending more than a quarter-million dollars on making his home more environmentally friendly, his energy consumption is higher than ever. Those 33 solar panels generate about 12,000 kWh of electricity a year – way more than enough energy to power a typical American household. Gore is such an enormous energy hog, however, that his gigantic rooftop solar array produces just 5.7 percent of the electricity he uses in his home, or enough to power his home for a measly 21 days a year. Gore also claims that his environmental sins are washed clean because he contributes to Green Power Switch, a scheme in which customers can donate extra money beyond the cost of their power bill to support green energy efforts. The money goes to the Tennessee Velley Authority (TVA), the source of NES’ electricity, to fund renewable energy projects. Gore even told the “TODAY Show” that his home uses 100 percent renewable energy, but that is an outright lie. Just because Gore donates to the Green Power Switch program doesn’t mean he receives green energy at his home. Gore gets the same electricity every other Nashville resident receives – 87 percent of which comes from nuclear, coal and natural gas power plants. About 10 percent of Gore’s electricity comes from the TVA’s environmentally devastating dams. Only a puny 3 percent comes from renewable sources such as solar and wind. Not counting the $432 a month Gore spends on his Green Power Switch indulgences, the green extremist shells out about $22,000 a year to pay his electric bills. Spending more than $1,800 a month on an energy bill would sink most Americans, but it’s pocket change to Gore. He has manipulated environmental concerns into a big business. When his term as vice president ended in 2001, Gore’s net worth was less than $2 million. Today, Gore is worth an estimated $300 million. Gore apologists argue that his large home is the reason for his massive energy consumption. That’s not true, either. According to Energy Vanguard, a company devoted to making homes more energy efficient, a residence that uses less than 10 kWh of electricity per square foot each year is considered “efficient.” Homes that gulp down more than 20 kWh of electricity per square foot each year are labeled “energy hogs.” Gore’s house consumed 22.9 kWh per square foot in the past 12 months making him a huge energy hog by any measure. Astonishingly, Gore also owns at least two other homes – a penthouse in San Francisco and a farmhouse in Carthage, Tennessee – so his carbon footprint is even larger than it appears. The former veep has become a prophet of environmentalism, a religion he helped create. But he is a false prophet. He appears to exploit his followers for recognition and money, and it’s unclear whether he actually believes a word he says. Al Gore is happy to talk the talk, but has proven completely unwilling to walk the walk when it comes to living a green lifestyle – and that should make every person question the messenger as well as the message. |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 08-02-2017 02:34 PM
Al Gore's interest in climate change relates solely to his bank accounts. He's a complete fraud and has become a very rich man off of this scam he perpetuates. |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 08-02-2017 02:58 PM
http://madworldnews.com/maxine-waters-4-5-million-house/ .
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silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 08-02-2017 05:26 PM
AC I always thought Maxine Waters was really James Brown and just change the name to run for congress. I thought all the wealth came from the solid gold hits over the years. Now you tell me it's not so. I'm shocked... |
cstall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 08-02-2017 05:58 PM
quote: The $174K is tip money for congress-folk. Take a look at their expense accounts. For the House, it's called Members' Representational Allowance (MRA). for the Senate, it's Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA). Maxine Waters 2020! This message has been edited by cstall on 08-02-2017 at 06:06 PM |
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