Group questions level of energy use at Gore home
TennesseanPosted: February 28th, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“A day after a film about his efforts to combat global warming won an Oscar, former Vice President Al Gore was called a hypocrite by a Tennessee group that said his Belle Meade home is consuming too much energy. The home’s average monthly electric bill last year was just under $1,200, according to bills that The Tennessean acquired from Nashville Electric Service. ‘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 Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, identified as a free-market think tank. Gore’s power bill shows, however, that the former vice president may be doing just that. Gore purchased 108 blocks of ‘green power’ for each of the past three months, according to a summary of the bills.” (02/27/07)
