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     Kommentar till en text av ROY WITT
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-=> ROY WITT wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-

 RW> "Bob Klahn -> Roy Witt" <1:275/311> wrote in message
 RW> news:20102$POL_INC@JamNNTPd...

 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.

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

 RW>> Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET

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

 BK>   Which is instantly *NOT* non-partisan. Further web research
 BK>   shows it's a phoney operation. I has maybe two employees. It has
 BK>   a budget in which entertainment is an infinitely larger portion
 BK>   than research, as research has zero budget. Oh, and it's federal
 BK>   reporting seems to be deficient. Though that may just be because
 BK>   it has so little to report. The president is from the American
 BK>   Enterprise Institute.

 RW> Staff

 RW>       Kellie Garretson Administrative Assistant
 RW>       Drew Johnson President
 RW>       Trent Seibert Director of Government Accountability
 RW>       Nicole Williams  Vice President of Operations
 RW>       Douglas Kurdziel  Research Fellow
 RW>       Trapper Michael Research Fellow
 RW>       Daniel Phillips Research Fellow
 RW>       Troy Senik  Research Fellow
 RW>       Luci Stephens Research Fellow

 RW> Scholars

 RW>       Dale Bails, PhD Christian Brothers University
 RW>       Robert Berry, MD PATMOS EmergiClinic
 RW>       J.C. Bowman, PhD Florida State University
 RW>       J.R. Clark, PhD University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
 RW>       Larry M. Hall, PhD Belmont University
 RW>       Martin D. Kennedy, PhD  Middle Tennessee State University
 RW>       Sally Kilgore, PhD Modern Red Schoolhouse Institute
 RW>       Shaka L.A. Mitchell, JD  Institute for Justice
 RW>       John Stone, PhD Education Consumers Clearinghouse
 RW>       Amy H. Sturgis, PhD Belmont University
 RW>       Charles Van Eaton, PhD Bryan College
 RW>       Marilyn Young, PhD Belmont University


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

 BK>   The only way a house that *small* could use that much more
 BK>   electricity is if he's running a business out of it. And maybe
 BK>   also using electric heat. All electric.

 RW> Considering that the average Tennesee household is probably 5 rooms
 RW> with 1 1/2 baths or less and Gore's is 20 rooms w/8 baths, that would
 RW> mean that his 'small'
 RW> house uses 4 times the amount of energy of the 5 room house.  Depending
 RW> of course on the actual square footage of both examples.

 BK>   Nope, also gas. So someone explain how it's even possible to
 BK>   have a house using that much electricity if it's not also a
 BK>   business.

 RW> Burn a 100 watt lamp in every room, 24/7...that'd still be 4 times as
 RW> many watts
 RW> as a 5 room house.

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

 BK>   Need to do it in the workplace also, but it will still use more.

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

 BK>   Ok, ya got him. He's refining uranium in the basement to produce
 BK>   a green nuke.

 RW> Heh heh heh...that's even more of a ratio than I had figured, above.
 RW> Gore 21, Average 1 ... Heh heh heh...

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

 BK>   Now what I find interesting is that his bill is so low for such
 BK>   high consumption.

 RW> Maybe you're being over charged for yours. -- considering that my
 RW> electric bill averages less than $135/month, his is 10 times higher
 RW> than my 5 room house. Which says that I use a lot of juice too, since
 RW> the average ratio above was 21:1...

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

 BK>   Average of 18.4K? Ya mean the 22K isn't the average?

 RW> You don't read and comprehend very well do you. 22k was for one month,
 RW> August of
 RW> 2006.

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

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

 BK>   Which is appropriate for maybe 10 times the average. But that's
 BK>   two houses.

 RW> Add that to the average electric bill and, well, you know.


 RW>> "As the spokesman of choice for the global warming
 RW>> movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not
 RW>> just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use," said
 RW>> Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
 RW>> In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity
 RW>> and natural gas

 BK>   Unlike Cheney who's govt paid electric bill was maybe 5 times
 BK>   that much.

 RW> Source?

 RW>> bills
 RW>> for his Nashville estate in 2006.

 RW>> For Further Information, Contact:

 RW>> Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431

 BK>   If I do will she tell me the truth about how that is even
 BK>   possible?

 RW> Reading comprehension and simple deduction isn't your strong suit, is
 RW> it.

Gazing into the mirror again?
Just making an inquiry.

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Isn't the Eastern Star that gay BBS?
Another innocent inquiry is all.


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