Bush ranch vs Gore home -energy comparison

[David S]

Interesting comparison from snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com:80/politics//bush/house.asp

[Boris]

It'd be even funnier if Sen. Inhofe's home used less energy than Gore's. Anyone wanna do the research to figure that one out?

[Gabu]

I'm 100% sure that Bush's house works the way it does because he was very concerned about being environmentally conscious.

[Jacobtm]

I'm 100% sure that Bush's house works the way it does because he was very concerned about being environmentally conscious.

Using less energy costs less.

[Bacon King]

Does anyone know how big Bush's home is? They only compare the two by saying that Gore's house has 20 rooms and Bush's has 4 bedrooms. With only that sort of information, they could even be the same size.

[MODU]

Does anyone know how big Bush's home is? They only compare the two by saying that Gore's house has 20 rooms and Bush's has 4 bedrooms. With only that sort of information, they could even be the same size.

Those whould be some very tiny rooms if the house was only 4000 sqft.  According to the Digg website, Gore's house is approximately 10,000 sqft.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Who cares, Gore does look at little silly after calling for everyone to become cavemen again, but who cares.

[opebo]

The tiresome foolishness again.  People, only the rich can speak, and they will of course use more energy than commoners.. thus, the implication is that we may never hear denunciation of privilege.

[Gabu]

I really, really have to wonder at what point it became an acceptable and effective rebuttal to simply attack one single messenger of an idea and then to conclude that the idea itself has been refuted.

I'm really getting sick of politics lately...

[Boris]

I'm really getting sick of politics lately...

Tell me about it. And it's only March 2007. Imagine how things will be like in a year from now.

[David S]

I really, really have to wonder at what point it became an acceptable and effective rebuttal to simply attack one single messenger of an idea and then to conclude that the idea itself has been refuted.

I'm really getting sick of politics lately...

Are you suggesting that I should not have posted it? People don't have a right to know?

And yes it does mean something when the most vocal proponent of the anthropogenic global warming theory does not practice what he preaches. In his powerpoint presentation one of Gore's slides asks: "Are you ready to change the way you live?" Apparently he is not.

[MODU]

I really, really have to wonder at what point it became an acceptable and effective rebuttal to simply attack one single messenger of an idea and then to conclude that the idea itself has been refuted.

I'm really getting sick of politics lately...

Yeah, there are pro's and con's for everyone.  Taking the name aspect out of this, the sound of the house Bush owns is pretty interesting.  Using a warm spring to both heat and cool a house is brilliant.  My only question is, what impact on the spring/ground water is there for dilling that deep and cycling out that water on a large scale?