On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:17:14 GMT, "rb608"
wrote:

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However when you're living in a mansion, consuming 10x the
energy that the average American uses (100x(?) what the average
person uses) you gotta expect some grief.

Again with the parroting of the smear machine talking points? I was
avoiding this sort of detail, but that comparison to the "average American"
is so bogus, I gotta put a few talking points of my own out there.

The "average" home electricity use quoted by TCPR is a national average that
includes apartments and mobile homes.

In Gore's climatic zone (per the Dept. of Energy), the average energy usage
is much higher, thanks to hot, humid summers and cold winters.

Within that zone, Gore's total usage is three (not 20) times the average,
and his usage per square foot is average. That's *average*; not 20x
average, not 100x average; but average.

Lastly, I expect you would concede the point that the Gores are not an
"average" family. He's an ex-VP with special security arrangements, and has
live-in security staff. He and his wife both work on their business and
charitable undertakings out of their house, so they have space for offices
and office staff. This clearly precludes an "average" size house.

So, what validity is there in comparing Gore's energy bill to that of an
average American household? The answer: none. It's utter bull****; and it
was only done and only repeated by people who don't give a **** about
portraying the facts in manner that actually reflects the truth. I think I
used the term "lying sack of ****". It's contemptible, IMHO.

Joe F.


p.s. By way of disclosure, a good deal of the above was copied,
paraphrased, or otherwise plageirized from genuine, honest-to-god talking
points at http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/2/28/155124/075.

Uh, yeah...

A coupla-few ACTUAL points you might wish to consider:

The enormous (in-resident) Gore family, all two of them, have three
homes totaling about 20,000SF, and the 30KUSD bills were just for the
one in Nashville. But they aren't in Nashville all that often (less
than 50% of the year, and his primary businesses aren't based in
Nashville, at his home or otherwise).

As to "security staff," unless it's changed very recently, he
doesn't/didn't have a "security staff" or "security arrangements" that
would create such a energy usage at his sometime-home. He has/had
security systems and the cops, just like ordinary ol' people, with
security personnel around on an as-needed basis. Ex-VPs aren't US
Secret Service protectees (as ex-VPs).

And he didn't start buying "green energy" or whatever you want to call
it until he got called on this same thing last year. Except then, he
wasn't in the news much, so very few really paid attention or gave a
**** where he bought his power or how much he used.

TC,
R