Al Gore’s Nashville House
By now many Americans are aware that "In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006." (TCPR)
But what does all that money power? What does a house that eats that much energy look like?
Now, via a PJM correspondent, Pajamas Media presents a few candid shots of Al Gore's "carbon neutral" home in Nashville in the exclusive enclave known as:
February 27, 2007 - 6:03 pm
Here’s the view from the gate:
And here’s the building:
The backyard
Terrace and pool area
Side of the house with somewhat elegant fencing
Back of the house with chimney and air conditioning units
This house reminds me of a development currently being built in my neighborhood.
http://www.navalsquare.com/main.shtml
More like a whole chunk of it than a single unit, of course.
haha thats rediculous
suprisingly
people still love Al Gore!?
who knew!
I’d say these pictures are a bit of an inconvenient truth for the angry and frustrated Al Bore.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe hates
BIG white houses…
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Gore should be a Republican. According to the ranting left all Republicans live in houses this big.
The use of carbon offsets that Gore claims to be using are fraught with hidden dangers.
http://moneyrunner.blogspot.com/2007/02/al-gore-and-carbon-offsets.html
OK this is just one house he has, he has now four homes, the smallest is only about 3000 sq ft.it a condo. Can you think what the total bill would be on all of these. But he’ll get a free pass from the green people cause he’s their man.
dude…its passive solar. the white paint reflects sunlight through my neighbors windows….alex, I’d like “carbon credits’ for a thousand please!
I don’t know what’s worse: defending Gore’s credibility, or believing he has any. This is much ado about a farce.
Actually, fairly modest for a 2 term VP. How’s it compare with Kennebunkport?
Looks like a nice place to host high society cocktail parties where everyone stands around talking about what wasteful planet-destroyers the rubes are.
Desde España, ¡UAUAU! ¡Vaya con el calentamiento global! ¡Jetaza!
Looks kind of like my successful grandparents house. I don’t find these pictures nearly as damaging as a lot of other aspects of Gore.
Owning and living in a house like this is GREAT … the point is the Goracle wants all of us to “reduce our carbon footprints” and sell our “carbon credits” to him so he can live like this while lambasting the rest of us….only a moonbat liberal watermelon (green on the outside; red on the inside) could embrace this eco-religion…ROFL.
yes, faux stories are far more important than a link to the walter reed story. what hypocrites
ESTATES ON LONG ISLAND, NO.SHORE OF CHICAGO, ATLANTA, BEL AIR AND SUNSET BLVD,
ARE EQUIL IN SIZE, USING UNLIMITED ENERGY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, HE IS HAVING HIS HOME CONVERTED TO SOLAR POWER AND THIS SHOULD SILENCE THOSE FINGER POINTERS. HE WAS WRONG IN NOT HAVING IT DONE YEARS AGO, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHOM STILL ARE CRITIZING, YET NOT MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR ESTATES. DOES ANYONE IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH LIVE WITH SOLAR POWER IN THEIR ESTATE HOMES?
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Most of the Hollywood stars and producers Movie and Music industries) are living in much more expensive and larger houses too. Most also drive larger cars, or cars with larger engines (Italian, and British junks). This is particularly applicable to those who are more vocal in NeoSci (NeoSuhi) issues. The same is true for big media players in NY, Boston, Chicago, SF, and LA. Just check who is buying the most expensive dresses, suites, ties, and eats in the most expensive places in NY. Conservatives or Liberal? It is all about money. The only difference is majority of Republican make their own money, and majority of liberal use other people’s money (via Taxation, law suits or by manipulation). Otherwise, why Rev. Jackson sleeps in suits worth $2000/night, when he is traveled to talk about poor? How that is possible. Apply this fact to all NBC reporters and others in the media. Somebody must ask them if the money is bad, why you are using so much of it. Why salary of a reporter must be $6M.? He is only investigating why the salary of a CEO is $2M. What else the reporter does, worth getting that kind of salary?
I could care less what kind of house Al Gore lives in or if he were to drive a fleet of Hummers. It’s the hipocrocy that pisses me off. You got to walk the walk not just talk the talk. He has no credibility. NONE!! About the carbon credits. What a scam. I’m only sorry I didn’t think of it first. It’s simply robbing Peter to pay Paul. Plus human caused global warming is a theory at best. And a extremely poor one at that. If you tell a lie long enough and loud enough people will believe it. If there was global cooling would Al be preaching to us to produce more greenhouse gasses? Drive more SUV’s? This is not a static world. It’s weather folks. It changes by the minute.
It appears from the photographs that this house is “historic,” and yes, it is huge, however he didn’t participate in the over-the-top materialism and consumerism and have a new “spread” built. We had an historic home in Kansas City, built in 1887, and it was about 2,000 square feet. Because it was so old, a heating bill one month was $600.
It takes years and lots of money to bring an old mansion like this one in Tennessee up to modern standards for energy efficiency. IN MANY CASES, THERE ARE CODES FROM THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SOCIETY LIMITING THE CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. It also takes years to see what effects what changes will make on energy consumption.
I can’t believe how ridiculously bitter and full of sour grapes you all are. It’s good that someone is using this old house, and not bull-dozing it for a new development of MacMansions. Although if they did, what would y’all have to complain about?
Hey! he has big money and he buys a big place and has offices inside the house. How manyg homes does the Bush family own and what is their total bill?Or the mansion owned by Bill Gates? I favor free market and thus a guy has lots of money, he spends it and pays into the economy. If he were a Republican or a Dem who did not make a film that has altered us to environment needs, would you be so tabloidish?
The right of center anti-Democrat Tenn place that posted this nonsense compares Gore bill to national average. Is your own bill “on average” or higher? Should we all have exactly the same square footage in our homes and pay the same amount in utilities bills? Nah., That’s socialism, pal. Socialism
Someone mention Bush? There was a story posted yesterday about the Bush compound in Crawford. Apparently the designer used native plants requiring little water, strategic shading from trees, recirculating rain and gray water systems and other efficient energy and water processes. Of course he doesn’t get an Oscar for being a genuine Texan but I salute his real concern for our State and resources.
Deb nice points, all the same as an environmentalist who KNOWS that the global warming is human induced due to burning fossil fools! its does make one cringe when the person responsible for mainstreaming environmentalism consumes that much energy….we all know how hard it is to break old habits…but it can be done…it has to be for the continuation of our planet earth
AS for you TOM you are a really sorry lost soul spreading absolute misinformation!!!!!!!!
Esther, anyone who actually beleives that microscopic man, who has been around for not even a blink of an eye, can change a planet that most consider BILLIONS of years old is some kind of nut. This rock has made itself over an infinite number of times and will continue to do so once it has shrugged us off as a dog with fleas. Enjoy your time here, leave a little legacy, and stop feeling so guilty about everything we do to survive and thrive.
Evil Gore lives in a nice house.
NeoSheep will focus on anything but what’s in front of them. Gore uses 100% Green Power for his home. This is per the Tennessee Valley Authority.(unless that’s some far left enviromental group)
Nothing wrong with the Gore life style! It is US that has something wrong with! WE paid for it. The inside information that politicians get make them millions of dollars, always at the expense of the tax payers, but you all knew that didn’t you???
Let me first say that I am all about being a good steward of the earth, I believe in it, and I practice it.
With that said, let me say that I like to refer to “Global Warming” as “The Sky Is Falling” syndrome.
There is insufficient data to prove with any statistical significance or reasonable confidence that the “global warming” theory is true. If you don’t have sufficient data, how do you know that this “global warming” is not part of the natural variation that occurs?
It’s like getting up every morning and noticing that the temperature is rising throughout the day, and saying “we’re in trouble, if the temperature continues to rise like this, it will be 150 degrees by the end of the night, and even worse by tomorrow morning”, not understanding that this is part of the natural daily cycle. And that’s what “global warming” is saying, it is not looking at the larger picture of how the earth’s temperatures fluctuate naturally over time. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough reliable and accurate historical data on which to rely.
The earth is much more resilient than it is given credit for, just as Don’s spot-on post stated. I find it humorous when a natural even occurs and people try to put things back to the way they were. Or when people to try to prevent natural changes in the earth from occurring. The earth changes, and it will continue to do so, and trying to stop those changes will have negative impacts over time.
Unfortunately the first liar to the podium wins. But I will only draw conclusions based on data, not on feelings, assumptions, or on these types of loose theories thought up by nut jobs who don’t have a clue, and don’t use the brain God gave them.
Peace & MuchLove
A lean and mean Al Gore, living a green lifestyle in a passive solar home heated and cooled by some geo-thermal hardware…would be a much more credible spokesperson for global warming (the need for sustainable energy sources etc.) That said, hasn’t the internet become a great tool for energizing a new wave of Real Reform powered by
Clean Election Laws and a fire-in-the-belly Media ready to play watchdog rather than lap-dog. Let’s All Take Back America. Glenn McCurdy
Are we to undersand that all Americans are to have only rfanch houses and not aspire to bigger and better, as the free mnarket allows?
After all, this home, based in part on inheritance (you don’t believe in that?) is also used as offices for the Gore career.
How much juice does the Gatges home use? How much electricity used yearly on all the homes owned by the Bush family? Bill Gates?
this is, finally a very cheap shot at a wealthy guy who made a documentary you either like or dislike…
We happen (thank the good Lord) to live in a society where you can both inherit and make money, and what you choose to do with it should be your concern alone unless it impinges upon the public good. Now if Gore uses too much, can yhou set a limit for ALL Americans? Or do you single out special ones based on…what, exactly? If you want to label Gore a hypocrite, ok, but then, there are many in both parties that fit this bill too. Why compare a wealthy guy to the American average. How much, finally, do you use? How is your gas mileage? and on and on