BillyVance 34 #1 November 15, 2007 Yes, I did verify this with Snopes, and it's true. Makes you think, don't it? House #1 - A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South. House #2 - Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape. HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the "environmentalist" Al Gore. HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. An "inconvenient truth"."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #2 November 15, 2007 But... But..But.. Gore Buys Carbon Offsets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,113 #3 November 15, 2007 Gore could and should clean up his act. Bush's "I wanna be a war president" optional war in Iraq is using approximately 2.8 million gallons of petroleum products EACH DAY. Bush is winning the CO2 production battle by a whole lot.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 November 15, 2007 Quote Gore could and should clean up his act. Bush's "I wanna be a war president" optional war in Iraq is using approximately 2.8 million gallons of petroleum products EACH DAY. Bush is winning the CO2 production battle by a whole lot. Kind of like that "Do as I say, not as I do" argument? I know, it's weird to see a president live so frugally at his home, but manage the U.S. completely differently."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #5 November 15, 2007 QuoteHOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the "environmentalist" Al Gore. Person living in this house desires cleaner air, better use of energy, less pollution, and educating people about the environment. QuoteHOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. You already know how I feel about this scum.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #6 November 15, 2007 QuoteQuote Gore could and should clean up his act. Bush's "I wanna be a war president" optional war in Iraq is using approximately 2.8 million gallons of petroleum products EACH DAY. Bush is winning the CO2 production battle by a whole lot. Kind of like that "Do as I say, not as I do" argument? I know, it's weird to see a president live so frugally at his home, but manage the U.S. completely differently. You really believe that this is the only house Bush owns?7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #7 November 15, 2007 Wow. Al has a nice place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,080 #8 November 15, 2007 Funny how they overlook Gore's solar-electric system. Almost as if it's a piece intended specifically to slime one person and promote another. (On Speaker's Corner, even! Shocking!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #9 November 16, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuote Gore could and should clean up his act. Bush's "I wanna be a war president" optional war in Iraq is using approximately 2.8 million gallons of petroleum products EACH DAY. Bush is winning the CO2 production battle by a whole lot. Kind of like that "Do as I say, not as I do" argument? I know, it's weird to see a president live so frugally at his home, but manage the U.S. completely differently. You really believe that this is the only house Bush owns? No I don't. I'm sure he has another one besides the white house. And there's the Kennebunkport family compound owned by his dad, I believe."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
