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An inconvenient Truth?

A Tale of Two Houses 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 per month. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American ho me. 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 personal residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. What an 'inconvenient truth'.

Public Comments

1. latest news is we are 2 years away from a 70 year ice age. thanks al gore you cured the planets fever!
2. After he leaves the White House, Bush will move to a multimillion dollar house in Highland Park in Dallas County and probably just visit his ranch occasionally.
3. Very good but you need to do two things before you get bumped. 1. Ask a question. 2 How about a link or 2 so the Gorebots won't go crazy on ya.
4. I'm not at all surprised. Al Gore is the biggest phony there is today, with the exception of all his "hollywood followers". He still can't get over losing to Bush in 2000. Good research!
5. It should have been named An Inconvenient Spoof " What Al Gore's followers dont realize is that Al is laughing at them all the way to the bank. Sure he's paying for carbon credits .It;s his own company
6. Your examples just go to show who actually walks the walk versus the one who just talks the talk when it comes to being environmentally conscious. Talk about being green! Great comparison, btw...thanks.
7. This is an example of true hypocrisy. What an inconvenient truth, huh.