A Tale of Two HomesHouse #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. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 12 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in the Northern or Midwestern 'Snow Belt' area. It is in the South. House # 2 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 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. Waste water 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. ... Now the 'good' part ... HOUSE # 2 is on a ranch near Crawford, TX; it is the residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. An 'inconvenient truth'?? People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their part. Related: FTDOAAWM's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version | Tags: green earth | which home is green
Submitted by SoloVoce on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 4:49pm.
Some questions beg to be asked. Is there any documentation of Mr. Gore answering the question to explain this? How old is it? How much would it cost to convert? Is converting/refitting cost effective in view of evergy saving? Is there any documentation as to when Mr. Bush had this house built. What was the cost? What is the energy saving & how long will it take to reach energy saving? How many days a year does he occupy this house in order to make it profitable? Just curious. Rich K
Submitted by lilyslore on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 6:44pm.
This story has been floating around the Internet for about a year now. I would not be surprised if it were true but I also have received something similar, pictures of an exquisite and ostentatious home that someone claims to be owned by Tiger Woods. Turns out, it isn't, so I would not leap into this one. I dislike Al Gore a lot. I think he's essentially a phony. He also strikes me as being extremely arrogant and does not tolerate being on the same plane as the rest of us poor souls. However, I need a little more proof than the word of an anonymous Internet Poster. Lily's Lore "I don't ever want to be rescued And I don't ever want to be saved I got a feelin' that I'm gonna be alive forever Dancin' on the edge of a grave..." Jim Steinman Submitted by FTDOAAWM on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 7:37pm.
Al Gore does not respond to questions about this one house, or his other two homes. When the story came out over a year ago he had some upgrades put on, and now his energy bill is even higher, but so is mine, so that may or may not mean much. I hope this answers your questions. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their part.
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Sounds to me like a real "inconvenient truth".
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