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Originally Posted by youbet
Are you sure? I though Al Gore was the ecologically minded guy with the energy efficient house and all that.......
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You are probably just baiting me,  but just in case anyone is not aware of this....
A Tale of Two Houses - Netlore Archive
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A Tale of Two Houses - Gore vs. Bush
Netlore Archive: Email flier compares the eco-friendliness of Al Gore's Nashville, Tennessee mansion to that of President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas
Description: Email flier
Circulating since: March 2007
Status: Mostly true
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Al Gore controversies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Use of energy in home
In 2007, Gore came under criticism from the conservative think tank Tennessee Center for Policy Research.[18] The organization issued a report which said that during August 2006 Gore's household consumed 22,619 kilowatt-hours — more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year......
In an earlier article in USA Today, Peter Schweizer argued that "according to public records, there is no evidence that Gore has signed up to use green energy in either of his large residences. When contacted Wednesday, Gore's office confirmed as much but said the Gores were looking into making the switch at both homes". [21]
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TIME quoted Kalee Kreider, a spokesperson for Gore, saying that the Gore family tries to buy green energy to reduce their carbon footprint. She continued to say that since the controversy, the Gore family was "in the midst of installing solar panels on their home, which will enable them to use less power." She also added, "They also use compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy efficiency measures....
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Note the political posturing in that answer. He never denies actually using 20x the energy that the average home uses, just tries to explain it away. Good thing he uses a few CFLs, he might be using 0.001% more energy without those 
-ERD50
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