Group: Gore a hypocrite over power bill
A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power" â renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas â to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.
"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said.
Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of "green power" for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month, covering 16,200 kilowatt-hours and helping subsidize renewable energy sources.
Johnson said it's unclear whether global warming is caused by humans, and he said the threat outlined in Gore's documentary is exaggerated.
The think tank said Gore used nearly 221,000 kilowatt hours last year and that his average monthly electric bill was $1,359. Johnson said his group got its figures from Nashville Electric Service.
But electric company spokeswoman Laurie Parker said the utility never got a request from the policy center and never provided them with any information.
Parker said Gore has been purchasing the "green power" for $432 a month since November. The Gore home is also under renovation to add solar panels, Kreider said.
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LOL. My favorite part is where so called nonpartisan think tank got their numbers if the electric utility didn't provide the info. Better yet, Keith Olbermann had a segment about this whereby the president of the so called nonpartisan group came from another think tank paid by big oil to dismiss global warming.
Gotta love republicans. They ran with the story that Obama attended a Muslim school which turned out to be untrue and now Al Gore. How's iraq coming along? Greeted as liberators....
A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough "green power" â renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas â to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.
"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger," Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said.
Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of "green power" for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month, covering 16,200 kilowatt-hours and helping subsidize renewable energy sources.
Johnson said it's unclear whether global warming is caused by humans, and he said the threat outlined in Gore's documentary is exaggerated.
The think tank said Gore used nearly 221,000 kilowatt hours last year and that his average monthly electric bill was $1,359. Johnson said his group got its figures from Nashville Electric Service.
But electric company spokeswoman Laurie Parker said the utility never got a request from the policy center and never provided them with any information.
Parker said Gore has been purchasing the "green power" for $432 a month since November. The Gore home is also under renovation to add solar panels, Kreider said.
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LOL. My favorite part is where so called nonpartisan think tank got their numbers if the electric utility didn't provide the info. Better yet, Keith Olbermann had a segment about this whereby the president of the so called nonpartisan group came from another think tank paid by big oil to dismiss global warming.
Gotta love republicans. They ran with the story that Obama attended a Muslim school which turned out to be untrue and now Al Gore. How's iraq coming along? Greeted as liberators....
