power hungry
Former VP Al Gore, whose environmental documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” won an Oscar a few days back, is being called an energy hog:
“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,” claims the little-known Tennessee Center for Policy Research, which says it got the figures from the power company.
According to the center, the gas and electricity bills for Gore’s 10,000 square foot mansion in Nashville were close to $30,000 in 2006.
This doesn’t mean Gore is wrong about global warming. It just means he’s a relatively heavy contributor to it — even though his spokeswoman says he purchases enough green power to “balance” his electricity bills, it still takes plenty of resources to build those windmills and solar panels. And that says nothing about his natural gas usage.
If you live in a 20-room house, you’re going to have a big environmental footprint. There’s no getting around that inconvenient truth.
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