[Terrapreta] A reward system foreliminatingand/oroffsettingfossil carbon usage

[Greg and April]

Max, 

You indeed, put it much better than I did - and with allot more clear thinking too.    Trying to reconcile Gore's words to his actions always has been a hard bone for me to swallow.

Greg H.

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  From: MFH 
  To: 'Sean K. Barry' ; 'Ron Larson' ; 'Greg and April' 
  Cc: 'Terra Preta' 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 19:07
  Subject: RE: [Terrapreta] A reward system foreliminatingand/oroffsettingfossil carbon usage


  Sean

   

  Various reports indicate that:

   

  a)       Gore's family home is 10,000 sq.ft

  b)       Electricity use in 2006 was 191,000 KWh

  c)       He owns 2 additional homes

   

  191,000 KWh is 523 KWh/day. Even for a 10,000 sq ft home I doubt if the roof area would be large enough to be able to install the required PV panels to generate this. Irrespective, even if all his power was produced from PV panels, 523 KWh/day is verging on the obscene.

   

  In addition what about his fossil fuel use in vehicles and aircraft. And perhaps his water use, and his waste disposal. Maybe he has on-site treatment plants for his sewage waste, and worm farms for his organic household waste but I've never heard that.

   

  I live comfortably and without any draconian restrictions on an average of 8 KW of electricity/day, and less than 80 litres of water. I really don't know enough about Al Gore's lifestyle to label him a hypocrite, but I'd like to see more evidence that he's acting according to what he's preaching.

   

  Max H

   

   
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