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A Tale Of Two Houses
Mar 17, 2014 09:44:21 #
A Tale Of Two Houses*
*House #1*
A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400 per month. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern 'snow belt' area. It's in the South.
*House #2*
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university.
This house incorporates every 'green' feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing groundwater through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the 'environmentalist' Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence of the former President of the United States, George W. Bush. An 'inconvenient truth.' I sure hope this gets passed to everyone! And, yes ... I DID check Snopes prior to forwarding it. You can verify it at :
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
*House #1*
A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400 per month. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern 'snow belt' area. It's in the South.
*House #2*
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university.
This house incorporates every 'green' feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing groundwater through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the 'environmentalist' Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence of the former President of the United States, George W. Bush. An 'inconvenient truth.' I sure hope this gets passed to everyone! And, yes ... I DID check Snopes prior to forwarding it. You can verify it at :
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
Mar 18, 2014 11:34:35 #
Mar 19, 2014 06:17:34 #
wow, that IS suprising! Gore's place is disgraceful!
...I just wish GW would have thought the rest of us might have enjoyed green technology as much as he does.
...I just wish GW would have thought the rest of us might have enjoyed green technology as much as he does.
Mar 19, 2014 08:20:01 #
papayanirvana wrote:
wow, that IS suprising! Gore's place is disgraceful!
...I just wish GW would have thought the rest of us might have enjoyed green technology as much as he does.
...I just wish GW would have thought the rest of us might have enjoyed green technology as much as he does.
Not to fear there good buddy, under the Barrack Hussein Obama regime he is going to cram green energy down our throats regardless of how expensive it will be!!! How's that "hopey changy thingy" working for ya? :roll:
Mar 19, 2014 08:28:40 #
Jakebrake wrote:
Not to fear there good buddy, under the Barrack Hussein Obama regime he is going to cram green energy down our throats regardless of how expensive it will be!!! How's that "hopey changy thingy" working for ya? :roll:
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Mar 19, 2014 08:41:03 #
As is true of most of these chain letters they mix in a little truth with made up statistics. Also this is very dated ,2007,.
The original email said the Gores Electric bill was $1359.00, This recycled email has been changed to say the bill is $2400.00
The Bush family no longer lives at the Crawford Ranch. That house was 4000 sq. ft. They now live in a house that is 8000 sq. ft.
The Gore house has had numerous upgrades since 2007. The house is now Gold Leeds Certified.
The original email said the Gores Electric bill was $1359.00, This recycled email has been changed to say the bill is $2400.00
The Bush family no longer lives at the Crawford Ranch. That house was 4000 sq. ft. They now live in a house that is 8000 sq. ft.
The Gore house has had numerous upgrades since 2007. The house is now Gold Leeds Certified.
Mar 19, 2014 12:43:20 #
BigWahoo wrote:
As is true of most of these chain letters they mix in a little truth with made up statistics. Also this is very dated ,2007,.
The original email said the Gores Electric bill was $1359.00, This recycled email has been changed to say the bill is $2400.00
The Bush family no longer lives at the Crawford Ranch. That house was 4000 sq. ft. They now live in a house that is 8000 sq. ft.
The Gore house has had numerous upgrades since 2007. The house is now Gold Leeds Certified.
The original email said the Gores Electric bill was $1359.00, This recycled email has been changed to say the bill is $2400.00
The Bush family no longer lives at the Crawford Ranch. That house was 4000 sq. ft. They now live in a house that is 8000 sq. ft.
The Gore house has had numerous upgrades since 2007. The house is now Gold Leeds Certified.
...there's always another side to the story
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