February 27, 2007
Algore? Hypocrite? Really?
Evidently, Ozone Boy uses more electricity at his lair than 20 average American families put together. So when he says we need to be more "green", is he including himself in that? Or just us little people?
2006
High 22619 kWh Aug – Sept
Low 12541 kWh Jan - Feb
Average: 18,414 kWh per month
2005
High 20532 Sept - October
Low 12955 Feb - March
Average: 16,200 kWh per month
Bill amounts
2006 – $895.60 (low) $1738.52 (high) $1359 (average)
2005 – $853.91 (low) $1461 (high)
Nashville Gas Company
Main House
2006 – $990(high) $170 (low) $536 (average)
2005 – $1080 (high) $200 (low) $640 (average)
Guest House/Pool House
2006 – $820 (high) $70 (low) $544 (average)
2005 – $1025 (high) $25 (low) $525 (average)
Look for our Fearless Crusader to put out a statement any second now explaining this. My guess is that he will say that this is stealing focus from the real cause of the problem--------REPUBLICANS with big houses.
Because, you know, he cares more.
Posted by Matthew at February 27, 2007 03:02 PMTrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.opaquelucidity.com/movabletype/mt-tb.cgi/1045
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Algore? Hypocrite? Really?:
» hinayeficn from hinayeficn
nice post [Read More]
Don't all "great" leaders lead by example? If anything, Al Gore should have been one of the first to invest in other types of fuel and use his home as an example of what to do to protect the environment.
At least someone as wacky as Ed Beagley I can respect. He drives a rechargeable car, has created a series of "green" cleaning products, and in general puts into practice exactly what he preaches!
Posted by: Kelli![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.opaquelucidity.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 28, 2007 02:20 AM
You mean Al doesn't drive a hybrid? Don't forget that Al invented the internet. Give the guy some credit.
Posted by: SLY at February 28, 2007 03:01 PM
"Don't all - great - leaders lead by example?"
The answer is, quite simply, no. When you consider the greatness of the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and who fought a war to liberate this country from tyranny and taxation w/o representation, and then consider that they kept slaves while declaring all men to be "created equal", then you will come to understand that sometimes a man with a great vision of the future course is not necessarily the same man to carry it out. If that makes them hypocrites should we still ignore the message? If so we would never have a country founded on the principles of liberty injustice, even if the original circumstances were less than perfect. Future generations will come to understand that Gore's vision was clearer than many of his contemporaries, but like Jefferson and Washington there will be an asterisk by his name, I suppose.
Posted by: Tony at April 11, 2008 03:57 PM