For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008
For Further Information, Contact:
Adam King, 615.383.6431
adam@tennesseepolicy.org
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
(Above is not my stat, could also be: “19 homes for one year” – Anthony)
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
NASHVILLE –
In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.”A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”
In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.
Read the entire press release here:
http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764
Why does it not mention how much of this electricity usage was generated from solar power and geothermal power?
Based on his mass to surface ratio, Al Gore needs a lot of cooling. Would you want the man to spontaneously combust?
This is not TRUE!
Think about it. As the global temperature rises the copper wires in his house gets warmer, increasing friction. He is actually using less electricity! It is because of the rest of us spewing CO2, he is using more. Don’t you see? It is sooo obvious.
*Gigglesnort*
And inspired by this piece, I have just discovered that my house consumes enough electricity in a year to power TWELVE average homes for a month! The horror!
Just because you don’t like Al Gore (and I don’t either) doesn’t make it ok to use misleading statistics in this way.
REPLY: I didn’t create the statistics. The point about the 10% increase is valid though. Alternate Energy + Conservation = Reduced Energy Use. Unfortunately I think some view more efficuent energy like they do fat free ice cream – I can eat more of it.
Even Al Gore doesn’t believe the AGW pseudo-science is true. If he did, he would change his lifestyle. Instead, it is big energy bills, private jets and caviar for the Gore clan.
yeah…that stat was silly and misleading. they might have well just said that he uses about 19 times the average american’s usage. which is still embarrassingly hypocritical. why go from annual to per month?
at any rate….this is another embarrassing piece for al
This is only for one home. Doesn’t he have two other more?
Also not included are his frequent flyer miles in private jets.
Do as he says not as he does.
Dennis – The numbers are from the Power Utility. The solar and geothermal used by gore are over and above the power use tracked by the utility.
braddles -Maybe the numbers could have been stated as “gore used as much as 19 times the average house” – still a lot of use by any measure.
Interesting to see gore supporting obama – gee..I think I will bet Summer will come followed by Fall then by Winter – duh….
I just doesn’t seem to me that his green plan worked out just like he planned it. I wonder if he miss understood that his geothermal and solar were supposed to be used inlieu of commercial power. It seems to me that maybe he thought he must get his money’s worth out of the new equipment. It seems that i operate two small homes, and a small workshop on about 1100 kwh per month. This amount may go up a little as we are using the a/c now but the level is set at 77f to conserve.
In my opinion this man has no idea how he looks to the average man making a living. but then my mother used to say, “Flaunt it if you have it.” I guess he does.
Bill Derryberry
PS Dennis Ward with the information coming from the Nashville Electric Service I would think that it is only the commercial power that is being considered here.
OT, Polar Bears migrating south to Iceland.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23882774-23109,00.html
You can compare the way Al Gore lives to how The President lives by taking a look at details of GWs house here: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0429-03.htm
Also, there have been stories in the past comparing the US CO2 production level changes vs. European countries. With the exception of the former Soviet Union, I believe that we are on a par or ahead of most of the rest of the developed world in maintaining or lowering CO2 emissions. That proves GW cares more about the environment than either Al Gore or the Europeans. (I do not have a reference for the CO2 production. I believe I read about it in an editorial. I would appreciate a reference if someone has it)
Regards,
Steamboat Jack
Don’t forget his condo in California that is 10 feet above sea level despite the “projected rise” of 20 feet. It’s not just a matter of not doing as he says, he clearly doesn’t believe what he says. Why, oh why, is he still the spokesman for AGW?
Anthony. I cannot wait to open up the posts Just to read Dennis Wards!
213 THOUSAND kwh ?!? I use about 330 kwh per month. Less than 4000 per year. Big Al could power my house for 53 years. How much does he have to pay himself for ‘carbon offsets’ ?
(more to the point: he should have to pay me. I have lots of trees. Sucking up all that nasty CO2 he produces.)
REPLY: I didn’t create the statistics. The point about the 10% increase is valid though.
According to whom? Is it just on the basis of what the TCPR says? They claim they have proof, but they don’t seem to provide any. Moreover, they claim that their assessment began after all of the rennovations occurred, but they don’t seem to provide any evidence of that either. I have no affinity for Mr. Gore, but we’re supposed to be objective, aren’t we? If we aren’t, well…
The statistic change from year to month is probably just lazy reporting. But it shouldn’t have been done. It hardly reflects well on the organization.
The writer probably got Gores annual from one source, found a monthly average at another source was too lazy to multiply or divide by 12.
Still, he wasn’t too lazy to make the calculation of 232 homes.
I think Gore believes in AGW very much. That does not mean a believer wouldn’t use all that electricity. Possibly he feels he is entitled to it; this guy’s first home is said to have been a penthouse in Washington D.C. where his father was a Senator.
Notice these are guesses. Fun and games. I can’t read Gore’s mind. How a politician behaves isn’t often how he intends that others behave.
TCPR’s previous report on Gore’s usage was not contested by Al Gore. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/26/gore-responds-to-drudge/
Someone forgot to teach Gore to say “End Program” when he exits the holosuite.
Re: Rick Lambert
As a Noble Laureate and spokesman for the AGW
religionmovement any mis-information regarding his energy usage could be considered to be damaging to his reputation. No doubt we’ll be seeing a lawsuit soon…Rick, one other thing, if you read the original article you will see that they state where their source of information was from. If want to verify the data then you can obtain the information yourself.
Mind you, I do realise that having the data available for for the public to verify themselves is a novel concept….
Dear Mr. Gore,
Here at the Nashville Electric Service we are very energy conscience. We appreciate your business, but we are alarmed at your rate of consumption. As carbon dioxide levels have increased 20% this century, we’ve seen increased global warming and increasingly violent weather. Clearly this is a result of mankind’s influence and is not subject to debate. We are at a pivotal time where the fate of the earth hangs in the balance and we must act now. According to some scientific studies and 85% of scientists, we’ve passed the point of no return and will have run-away global warming.
In an effort to combat run-away global warming, we will begin rationing your energy. Your consumption will be capped at ten (10) times the average Nashville Electric Service customer’s usage per day. When the cap is met, we will institute an power-shutoff.
If you find this policy to be inhibiting, you can also buy carbon credits. You will need to buy the carbon credits in addition to the costs of the energy itself. Unfortunately carbon credits are traded on a market and we have no control over the pricing.
We hope you understand our efforts to save the mankind and the world as we know it. Please also note that if anthropogenic global warming is over estimated, we cannot offer any refunds or restitution for carbon credits or lost hours of productivity.
Thank you,
The Nashville Electric Service
Not very related. I’ve confirmed that fuel consumption is not down nearly as much as driving is. The discrepancy is far to large to be explained by drivers eliminating their most fuel efficient trips. There must be other compounding factors.
High Gas Prices Are Causing High Gas Prices. How’s that for a positive feedback?
Hansen obviously forgot to adjust and massage Gore’s KWHs before the data was released.
Could the increase in consumption be weather-related? RSS and UAH say the average global temp has dropped in the last year. What’s the weather been like in Tennessee? (I have no use for Gore, but you’d think he’d get something out of his investment in energy efficiency…)