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Ärende: It's finally official, Gore is a proven hypocrite.                     
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 DC> The final tally is in.  Al Gore won!

 DC> Of course it's only the Academy Award, but it does put him in good
 DC> position should a strong candidate not come to the front by October.

POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER
'TRUTH'

Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and
nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more
prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a press
release late Monday:

Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth,
collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for
Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore's mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area
of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American
household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service
(NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve
energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year,
according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000
kWh-more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh-guzzling more than twice the
electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire
year.
As a result of his energy consumption, Gore's average monthly electric bill
topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption has
increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per
month in 2006.

Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill.

Natural gas bills for Gore's mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month
last year.

"As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be
willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy
use," said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas
bills
for his Nashville estate in 2006.

For Further Information, Contact:

Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431

editor@tennesseepolicy.org <mailto:editor@tennesseepolicy.org>

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