re: #113 Aceofwhat?

He only retrofitted it in 2007. Before then, his energy usage was positively obscene. I don’t want him to live in a yurt, i just want him to downgrade from flaming hypocrite to middling hypocrite.

From the site link above:

“We all remember when the Right Wing groups (TCPR, AEI) tried attacking the Gores on energy use, making false claims on the amount the home used, trying to claim it was a higher amount and that he didn’t practice wise energy and environmental standards, which all actual reports showed to be incorrect claims. That the Gores actually used less than the average Tennessee home and that 100 percent energy used was all from Renewable resources. But the timing was interesting. The Gore’s had been remodelling the home all along. Ripping out floors and putting in radiant heating, replacing all the windows, lightbulbs and installing geothermal heating, but it was when they finally got their Association to change their position on Solar Panels, that the Gore’s were finally able to add Solar Paneling to the home and they would be nearing the completed remodel when the Right Wing groups made this claim.”