Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
June 19, 2008 by Gary Coats
Filed under Press Release
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008
June 18, 2008
For Further Information, Contact:
Adam King, 615.383.6431
adam@tennesseepolicy.org
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.
“A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”
In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.
In February 2007, An Inconvenient Truth, a film based on a climate change speech developed by Gore, won an Academy Award for best documentary feature. The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research uncovered that Gore’s Nashville home guzzled 20 times more electricity than the average American household.
After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.
Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
In the wake of becoming the most well-known global warming alarmist, Gore won an Oscar, a Grammy and the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, Gore saw his personal wealth increase by an estimated $100 million thanks largely to speaking fees and investments related to global warming hysteria.
“Actions speak louder than words, and Gore’s actions prove that he views climate change not as a serious problem, but as a money-making opportunity,” Johnson said. “Gore is exploiting the public’s concern about the environment to line his pockets and enhance his profile.”
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a Nashville-based free market think tank and watchdog organization, obtained information about Gore’s home energy use through a public records request to the Nashville Electric Service.
Survivor – South Carolina
June 17, 2008 by Gary Coats
Filed under SC Politics
Apparently sometime over the last few years, Survivor, hit the air in SC. That and King George (isn’t he dead) has retaken the throne and rules in SC. Well according to exiting House Pro Tem Doug Smith, it appears both are true.
In Sunday’s Herald Journal article, Doug Smith claims the elected seat is the incumbents to hold come come hell or high water, “you (county chairman), ought to give them (incumbents) protection.”
Understand that he his referring to Ralph Davenport and Bob Walker. I don’t know of anything personally concerning Walker’s affairs, but Mr. Davenport hung himself after his second attempt to over run Spartanburg County School District 2 (School District Consolidation and attempting to take property from the district in 2006).
This appears to be a common theme in politics as well, at least it exists on both sides of the aisle. When speaking with a younger Reese concerning his fathers re-election campaign against Mike Gardner, he quickly took up arms stating (paraphrased) “his father deserved that seat and that there shouldn’t be a race.”
The point is, every race should be contested. The people should have a choice and if the incumbent deserves the immunity idol, he will win handly on election day.
By the way, somebody call up Jeff Probst and get Jim Ritchie and Glenn Reese an immunity idol before June 24th and November 4th elections.
Ron Paul Ends Presidential Campaign
June 13, 2008 by Gary Coats
Filed under US Politics
In a announcement last night in Texas, Ron Paul announced the end of his Presidential Campaign. With the his Congressional seat, he will begin a new organization titled Campaign For Liberty. See excerpt below.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Over the past 17 months you and I delivered a message of freedom, the likes of which American politics has not seen in decades. With the primary season now over, the presidential campaign has come to an end. But the Revolution has only begun.
Today I am happy to announce the official launch of the Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty. Please visit our new website and join us: http://www.campaignforliberty.com
Over the next few months I will be developing a program, assembling a team, and announcing new and exciting projects. We will have a permanent presence on the American political landscape. That I promise you.
Right now, I need your patience and support. I want the Campaign for Liberty to be a grassroots campaign; so your energy, your creativity, your feedback, and your participation are essential.
Together, we will educate our fellow Americans in freedom, sound money, non-interventionism, and free markets. We will write commentaries and broadcast videos on the news of the day. And I’ll work with friends whom I respect to design materials for homeschoolers.
Politically, we will expand the great work of our precinct leader program. We will make our presence felt at every level of government. We will keep an eye on Congress, and lobby against legislation that threatens us. And we will identify and support candidates who champion our great ideas.
“In the final analysis,” I wrote in my new book The Revolution: A Manifesto, “the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to be free, if they want to lift themselves out from underneath a state apparatus that threatens their liberties, squanders their resources on needless wars, destroys the value of their dollar, and spews forth endless propaganda about how indispensable it is and how lost we would all be without it, there is no force that can stop them.”
Our time has come to act on these words.
May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to their politicians, the opinion-makers, and the establishment, and saved their country.
For liberty,
Ron Paul
Steve Parker Post Primary Election Gathering
June 11, 2008 by Gary Coats
Filed under SC Politics
Contact: Gary Coats
Phone: 864.641.5591
For Immediate Release:
06.10.2008
Boiling Springs, SC – Steve Parker will be hosting a post primary election gathering at Chernagan’s Restaurant @ 8:15pm tonight.
Lindsey Graham’s Critical Update
June 6, 2008 by Gary Coats
Filed under SC Politics
I received this e-mail today from the Graham campaign. It seems interesting that this would come out 4 days before the primary. I have yet to hear him mention on the trail. What’s funny is that I have been saying for some time that Congress needs to step it up and issue some form of JFK Space Race declaration to get over this hurdle.
While we are researching though, lets tap into some of the oil off the coasts and reduce our foreign dependence while we are developing alternative fuels.
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Critical Update on the Energy Crisis Facing America
By paying over $130 a barrel for oil, America is sending $400 billion to oil-producing nations around the world – and some of those nations wish to do us harm. Senator Lindsey Graham believes we need a Declaration of Independence from foreign oil. Just like our nation’s determination to complete the Manhattan Project and to land on the moon, our country must now unite and resolve to end our dependency on foreign oil. Lindsey Graham knows we must not fail to act. We need energy independence to bring down the price of gas at the pump – AND to win the War on Terror around the world. To Senator Graham, no issue is more important. |