Posted 9:48 AM by steve

I'm not singling out Bob, and I'm certainly not out to defend Al Gore, but the charge that his home energy "... consumption would power 232 normal homes" is a bit misleading, as they're referring to Gore's ANNUAL energy use and comparing to the MONTHLY energy used by a so-called normal home.

In other words, apples to apples, Gore's energy use is around 20 times that of a normal house, not 232 times the rate. Not exactly what you'd expect from a global warming role model, but not as damning as the impression created by comparing ANNUAL and MONTHLY energy usage.

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