4 Nov
Who is more “green” , Bush or Gore ?
Footnote: A Tale of Two Houses
House #1: Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house
incorporates every ‘green’ feature current home construction can provide. The house has 4 bedrooms
and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet holds geothermal heat-
pumps circulating water through pipes sunk 300 feet deep. The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the
house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses one-quarter of the electricity used by a
conventional system. Rainwater is collected in a 25,000-gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from
showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks, then into the cistern, from which the
garden is irrigated.
House #2: A 20-room mansion with 8 bathrooms, a pool and poolhouse, 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 to over ,400. In natural
gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home.
This house is not in the Northern or Midwestern snow-belt. It’s in the South.
House #1, near Crawford, Texas, belongs to President George Bush. House #2, near Nashville,
Tennessee, belongs to Gore.
Posted by davem on 04.11.09 at 10:02 am
Gore’s more green but in a yellow-bellied way, if you know what I mean. Wheras Bush deals with reality in a better way.
Posted by Bob on 04.11.09 at 10:02 am
Gore. It really isn’t remotely a close call.
I’ll give you the house thing, although it’s been disputed as old info..
But Gore goes around encouraging people to lead more environmentally conscious lives, while Bush has repeatedly lied to the American people about the truth of global warming, passed laws that weaken environmental protection, and refused to cooperate with international environmental programs.
Gore. It isn’t close.
Posted by Dana1981, Master of Science on 04.11.09 at 10:02 am
Gore, hands down.
First of all, you’re using old information. Gore has done a lot to make his home green.
I certainly agree that Gore could live much, much greener. However, he’s also made tens of millions of people aware of the issue of global warming. Bush on the other hand, has censored global warming science on multiple occassions. He’s been president for 7.5 years and has done absolutely nothing to address the issue. In fact, it could be argued that he’s been the worst environmental president in US history.
If you want to compare Gore and Bush’s homes, that’s one thing. If you want to evaluate the people as a whole, Gore kicks Bush’s butt.
Posted by dumdum on 04.11.09 at 10:02 am
In terms of how they live (and not inclidung what they do while working)…Bush.