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Date Posted: 10:05:15 10/01/07 Mon In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Wh is the environmentalists?" on 12:24:05 09/26/07 Wed If it is so easy to build a zero emissions house, as bush has proven, why does he oppose environmental regulations that would make all homes as energy efficient as his? >A very interesting comparison of two homes owned by >well-known Americans and you might be very surprised >at the differences between the two homes. > >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 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-fourth of the 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 just outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it >is the abode of the pseudo-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. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |