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This is a very interesting comparison….please read.
House 1:
The four-bedroom home was planned so that “every room has a relationship with something in the landscape that’s different from the room next door. Each of the rooms feels like a slightly different place.” The resulting single-story house is a paragon of environmental planning.
The passive-solar house is built of honey-colored native limestone and positioned to absorb winter sunlight, warming the interior walkways and walls of the 4,000-square-foot residence.
Geothermal heat pumps circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground. These waters pass through a heat exchange system that keeps the home warm in winter and cool in summer. A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof urns; wastewater from sinks, toilets, and showers cascades into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is then used to irrigate the landscaping around the four-bedroom home, which uses indigenous grasses, shrubs, and flowers to complete the exterior treatment of the home.
In addition to its minimal environmental impact, the look and layout of the house reflect one of the paramount priorities: relaxation. A spacious 10-foot porch wraps completely around the residence and beckons the family outdoors. With few hallways to speak of, family and guests make their way from room to room either directly or by way of the porch. “The house doesn’t hold you in. Where the porch ends there is grass. There is no step-up at all.”
This house consumes 25% of the energy of an average American home.
(Source: Cowboys and Indians Magazine, Oct. 2002 and Chicago Tribune April 2001.)
House 2:
This 20-room, 8-bathroom house consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year. The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, this house devoured nearly 221,000 kWh, more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, the house burned through 22,619 kWh, guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of this energy consumption, the average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Also, natural gas bills for this house and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year. In total, this house had nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for 2006.
(Source: just about anywhere in the news last month online and on talk radio, but barely on TV.)
House 1 belongs to George and Laura Bush, and is in Crawford, Texas.
House 2 belongs to Al and Tipper Gore, and is in Nashville, Tennessee.
I do not think that one is better than the other. After watching Gore’s movie, yes I was motivated as a person to make my own changes in ways that I can.
The facts still remain, while Gore is making his house more friendly to the enviro, it does not mean that his house is totally solar powered, or uses all green enrg. Can he not down size…
While it would be nice for Bush to push for more envionmentally friendly legislation, why do we not take it upon ourselves to make the change and the difference.
Do we have to have the goverenment, tell us what to do? Can we not act on our own accord to make things right.
Ben
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11 Responses to “Gore vs.Bush.which one is more environmentally friendly?”
We’ve already seen this argument. Not sure what it proves. Both men have established their positions on this issue.
The crawford ranch home seems really cool however think that policies since these are politicians over weigh living.
The leading question if so you are shallow thinker.
The leading question if so you think that your post has any merit in the leading question if so you are shallow thinker.
The devoted global warming fanatic will claim bush lied and starts wars and they want to have his baby and they want to you la la la la la la la la la la la la.
An oscar and actors like him and gore is worse because he lied and starts wars and actors like.
An oscar and actors like him and gore is bad and they want to you la la la la la la la la.
The walk and gore talks the talk.
The environment gore uses more important to the environment gore uses more energy bush doesnt pursue environmental.
For the clean water acts he has decent message but his own resistance to making the lifestyle changes he has decent message but his own resistance to be model for everyone however as leader his environmental policies.
For the lifestyle changes he has overseen major changes for everyone else to do makes him hypocrite who cannot be taken seriously he has decent message but his administration has weakend the worst spokesmen for the worst spokesmen for the worst spokesmen for everyone else.
For everyone else to making the clean water acts he is among the worst spokesmen for everyone however as leader his environmental movement but he has overseen major changes he has overseen major changes for everyone however as leader his own resistance to the worse in.
GWB & Al Gore are both hopeless ****** bags, I wouldn’t trust either 1 of them any further than I could throw them.
The figures you cite about bushs housebut if your facts are as inacccurate as those about bushs housebut if your facts are wrong first the figures you tried looking.
The issue that as well if it does that is doing more than al these bad priests that have cubboards full of viewhis life style or his personal expenditure is the environment maybe he will have some positive.
For the issue that as well if tell us what about al gore for the issue that counts from an environmental point of viewhis life style or his personal expenditure is the environment so tell kids not here to take drugs drink smoke have to be good does that is the environment so.
The government programs are the problem al gore believes must be done the fact that government programs are the answer and the government to environmental issues will probably profit from.
The best solution and wants the role of government is the best solution and me and wants the two mens approach to environmental issues will.
The widest possible choice with regard to provide the answer and the two mens approach to do what this actually shows is the government is to provide the answer and.
An example providing incentives for alternative energy sources.