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. 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 ground water
through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67
degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it i n 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 the of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

Do you have any idea how *much* Al has paid to plant trees to offset his
energy use?
If you check it out.... it's a net gain... not a loss.

And "mega-cudos" to Georges house as well......... give credit where due.

-W

"Midlant" wrote in message
...
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. 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 ground water
through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67
degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it i n 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 the of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:49:11 -0400, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

Do you have any idea how *much* Al has paid to plant trees to offset his
energy use?
If you check it out.... it's a net gain... not a loss.

And "mega-cudos" to Georges house as well......... give credit where due.

-W

Just think how much good Al could have done if he lived in a
reasonable house and still did the charitable work.

I guess a guilty conscience can be a powerful motivational factor.

Jack

On 9-Aug-2007, Jack Goff wrote:

Just think how much good Al could have done if he lived in a
reasonable house and still did the charitable work.

I guess a guilty conscience can be a powerful motivational factor.

Retardation helps too.

On Aug 9, 10:49 pm, "Clams Canino" wrote:
Do you have any idea how *much* Al has paid to plant trees to offset his
energy use?
If you check it out.... it's a net gain... not a loss.

Do you have any Idea how much of the tree planting company Al owns. He
is feeding his own pockets, buying lifestyle from those of us who
can't afford to be glutonous. Pretty sick concept this carbon credit
scam, thriving on what the middle class can't afford as if it is now
available since it's not being used anyway

On 9-Aug-2007, "Clams Canino" wrote:

Do you have any idea how *much* Al has paid to plant trees to offset his
energy use?
If you check it out.... it's a net gain... not a loss.

Excellent point - in 600 years he'll have "offset" year 2006.

Scam.

If I had the cash the Bush's do, my house would be like that too! Take money
from your interests in the oil companies, don't GIVE it to 'em. :-

--Mike

"Midlant" wrote in message
...
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. 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 ground water
through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees
F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it i n 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 the of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:32:34 -0400, "Midlant"
wrote:

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. 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 ground water
through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67
degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it i n 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 the of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.


as a texan, i'd gladly trade bush for gore any day of the week...how
much energy does the US expend every day in iraq....courtesy of the
idiot in the whitehouse?

wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:32:34 -0400, "Midlant"
wrote:

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. 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 ground water
through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67
degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it i n 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 the of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.


as a texan, i'd gladly trade bush for gore any day of the week...how
much energy does the US expend every day in iraq....courtesy of the
idiot in the whitehouse?



Hell, I'd exchange Bush for...an empty Miller Lite can. The organisms in
the can would be smarter than President Failure.

Hell, I'd exchange Bush for...an empty Miller Lite can. The organisms in
the can would be smarter than President Failure.- Hide quoted text -

but krause, are not both of you yale graduates?