Some smart arse at the Tennessee Centre for Policy Research who, like me, wanted to see Al Gore brought down a peg or two, came up with an idea truely worthy of an oscar. Using federal freedom of information laws, the think tank looked into Mr Gore’s energy bills, only to find that they are 20 times higher than for the average household. Last year the Gore household consumed 222,000 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity. In fact the eco warrior’s monthly consumption rose from 16,200 KWh in 2005 to 18,400 KWh in 2006. The combined cost of his electricity and gas bills totalled almost $30,000 last year.
The details were released hours after Gore was awarded an Oscar for his global warming documentary, proclaiming that this was the first Oscar ceremony to be conducted along “environmentally intelligent” lines. He went on, “We have a long way to go, but all of us can do something in our own lives to make a difference”. Hmm… Some of us clearly have further to go than others.
Apparently Conservative bloggers in the US couldn’t believe their luck as Gore’s energy bills went round the internet like wildfire. I thought we’d do our bit as well.
