He probably spent about 100 bucks a day. Quite the...Inconvenient Truth if I may say.
2007-09-18 06:28:43
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answer #1
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answered by Brad 3
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LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
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 ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the
average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over 2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. 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 contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid 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 winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the 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. Flowers and shrubs native to the are! a blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of
Nashville,Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
2007-09-19 22:10:00
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answered by Gray Wanderer 7
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Mr Gore is an environmentalist when other people are involved. He's a huge waster and polluter when it comes to his own use. He has been photographed boarding his luxurious private jet to fly around and make speeches about us giving up our SUVs and using compact florescent bulbs. He uses more energy in his over-sized mansion the 50 average families do. Then he buys these idiotic "carbon credits" to justify the massive pollution he causes to the environment. He is a big hypocrite who does not practice what he preaches.
It's all about Al Gore winning awards, and getting love and praise from his Liberal friends. It's all about political power. It's nothing but a big show by a phony pretend to be "scientist" called Al Gore.
2007-09-18 09:38:46
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answered by Tom S 7
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"that's double of what I use in the winter." You use more in the summer? It got to be pretty hot ..
"I left the swamp cooler on all day" Swamp cooler??
Oh well.. pretty good job. I think consumption reductions is the key to a sustainable future.
2007-09-18 08:12:20
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answered by Anders 4
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Have you ever tried factoring all the use you are responsible for, including what you enjoy at work, at stores, in your vehicle?
2007-09-18 06:27:26
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answered by cafegroundzero 6
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Do as he says, not as he does. Geesh. It goes for 99% of those soapbox idiots.
2007-09-18 06:26:32
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answer #6
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answered by joseph's brain 3
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My cost is $10 per day,maby I should buy offsets.(jk)
2007-09-18 06:28:34
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answered by Wize Guy 4
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daily usage? about 4.21
2007-09-18 06:26:15
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answered by Anonymous
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