Originally Posted by MSD

Can anyone who's throwing a shit fit about what a hypocrite Gore is for buying a second house show me the carbon footprint? He bought it, big fucking deal. For all we know he already has appointments to put wind turbines in the back yard, cover the roof in solar panels, cover the rest with renewable energy purchased from local utilities, and keep everything shut off when he's not there. You don't have the whole story, maybe you should try to get it before you ramble about it.

What portion of t0hat electric bill was from coal/oil generation and what was from renewable sources? What about the fact that after that became "news," he installed solar panels, a geothermal heat exchanger for water and heating/cooling, and doesn't have a single incandescent bulb installed in the house? What about the fact that he and his wife not only live there, but run their business out of their home and have racks of servers and associated cooling equipment in the basement? What about the cut to emissions since they don't commute to work? Who says they aren't going to make these improvements to the new home?