Southern Man
08-15-2007, 10:18 AM
House #1
A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas.
Add on a pool (and a pool house) 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 monthly bill for electricity and natural gas runs over
$2400.
In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the
national average for an American home. This house is not situated in
a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South.
House #2
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university
this house incorporates every "green" feature current home
construction can provide.
The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high
prairie in the American southwest.
A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing
ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water,
usually 67 degrees F., heats the house in the winter and cools it in
the summer.
The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes
one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system.
Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon
underground cistern.
Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying
tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates
the land surrounding the house.
Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property
to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the
"environmentalist" Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
An "inconvenient truth".
The above is true. You can check it out if you wish @.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas.
Add on a pool (and a pool house) 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 monthly bill for electricity and natural gas runs over
$2400.
In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the
national average for an American home. This house is not situated in
a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South.
House #2
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university
this house incorporates every "green" feature current home
construction can provide.
The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high
prairie in the American southwest.
A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing
ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water,
usually 67 degrees F., heats the house in the winter and cools it in
the summer.
The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes
one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system.
Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon
underground cistern.
Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying
tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates
the land surrounding the house.
Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property
to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the
"environmentalist" Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence of
the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
An "inconvenient truth".
The above is true. You can check it out if you wish @.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp