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Posted by on June 5, 2008, 7:54 pm
>on 6/5/2008 11:31 AM Thomas G. Marshall said the following:
>> I've been interested in potentially going a smidgeon more green, and was
>> wondering if anyone here has any experience with solar panels (water
>> warming, or even photo voltaic), and/or windmills.
>>
>> The research online does not compare to useful observations from people who
>> have actually installed them.
>
>Al Gore does not have solar panels, or any other energy saving
>improvements, installed on his 40,000 sq ft Nashville, Tennessee house.
>Since he is the recipient of an Academy Aware for his documentary, "An
>Inconvenient Truth", on global warming, I guess they don't work, or it
>is just us who haven't a wife that is the heiress of the Heinz fortune
>have to make the sacrifices. He uses over 18,000 kwh of electricity a
>month and his natural gas bill is over $1000 per month.
>George Bush does have energy saving improvements on his house in
>Crawford, Texas.
>No cites here, just Google it.
>
Just for openers, Tipper Gore is NOT the heiress of the Heinz fortune. I'll
leave it to others to decide how much of the rest of your post is accurate.
Just for starters...
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/al_gore_gets_a.php
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Posted by Bob F on June 5, 2008, 10:37 pm
>
>>on 6/5/2008 11:31 AM Thomas G. Marshall said the following:
>>> I've been interested in potentially going a smidgeon more green, and was
>>> wondering if anyone here has any experience with solar panels (water
>>> warming, or even photo voltaic), and/or windmills.
>>>
>>> The research online does not compare to useful observations from people who
>>> have actually installed them.
>>
>>Al Gore does not have solar panels, or any other energy saving
>>improvements, installed on his 40,000 sq ft Nashville, Tennessee house.
>>Since he is the recipient of an Academy Aware for his documentary, "An
>>Inconvenient Truth", on global warming, I guess they don't work, or it
>>is just us who haven't a wife that is the heiress of the Heinz fortune
>>have to make the sacrifices. He uses over 18,000 kwh of electricity a
>>month and his natural gas bill is over $1000 per month.
>>George Bush does have energy saving improvements on his house in
>>Crawford, Texas.
>>No cites here, just Google it.
>>
>
> Just for openers, Tipper Gore is NOT the heiress of the Heinz fortune. I'll
> leave it to others to decide how much of the rest of your post is accurate.
>
> Just for starters...
>
> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/al_gore_gets_a.php
>
>
That reference sure shoots down the previous idiots post.
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Posted by tmurf.1@juno.com on June 5, 2008, 9:07 pm
> on 6/5/2008 11:31 AM Thomas G. Marshall said the following:
>
> > I've been interested in potentially going a smidgeon more green, and was=
> > wondering if anyone here has any experience with solar panels (water
> > warming, or even photo voltaic), and/or windmills.
>
> > The research online does not compare to useful observations from people =
who
> > have actually installed them.
>
> Al Gore does not have solar panels, or any other energy saving
> improvements, installed on his 40,000 sq ft Nashville, Tennessee house.
> Since he is the recipient of an Academy Aware for his documentary, "An
> Inconvenient Truth", on global warming, I guess they don't work, or it
> is just us who haven't a wife that is the heiress of the Heinz fortune
> have to make the sacrifices. He uses over 18,000 kwh of electricity a
> month and his natural gas bill is over $1000 per month.
> George Bush does have energy saving improvements on his house in
> Crawford, Texas.
> No cites here, just Google it.
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
John Kerry is married to Terissa Heinz not Al Gore
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Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on June 5, 2008, 10:13 pm
tmurf.1@juno.com said something like:
>> on 6/5/2008 11:31 AM Thomas G. Marshall said the following:
>>
>>> I've been interested in potentially going a smidgeon more green,
>>> and was wondering if anyone here has any experience with solar
>>> panels (water warming, or even photo voltaic), and/or windmills.
>>
>>> The research online does not compare to useful observations from
>>> people who have actually installed them.
>>
>> Al Gore does not have solar panels, or any other energy saving
>> improvements, installed on his 40,000 sq ft Nashville, Tennessee
>> house. Since he is the recipient of an Academy Aware for his
>> documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth", on global warming, I guess
>> they don't work, or it is just us who haven't a wife that is the
>> heiress of the Heinz fortune have to make the sacrifices. He uses
>> over 18,000 kwh of electricity a month and his natural gas bill is
>> over $1000 per month.
>> George Bush does have energy saving improvements on his house in
>> Crawford, Texas.
>> No cites here, just Google it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>
> John Kerry is married to Terissa Heinz not Al Gore
John Kerry is not married to Al Gore?
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Posted by willshak on June 6, 2008, 2:08 pm
on 6/5/2008 9:07 PM tmurf.1@juno.com said the following:
>
>> on 6/5/2008 11:31 AM Thomas G. Marshall said the following:
>>
>>
>>> I've been interested in potentially going a smidgeon more green, and was
>>> wondering if anyone here has any experience with solar panels (water
>>> warming, or even photo voltaic), and/or windmills.
>>>
>>> The research online does not compare to useful observations from people who
>>> have actually installed them.
>>>
>> Al Gore does not have solar panels, or any other energy saving
>> improvements, installed on his 40,000 sq ft Nashville, Tennessee house.
>> Since he is the recipient of an Academy Aware for his documentary, "An
>> Inconvenient Truth", on global warming, I guess they don't work, or it
>> is just us who haven't a wife that is the heiress of the Heinz fortune
>> have to make the sacrifices. He uses over 18,000 kwh of electricity a
>> month and his natural gas bill is over $1000 per month.
>> George Bush does have energy saving improvements on his house in
>> Crawford, Texas.
>> No cites here, just Google it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>>
>
> John Kerry is married to Terissa Heinz not Al Gore
>
Ooops. All those democrats look alike to me. :-)
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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