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Author    Post   twotap F L I N T O I D 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-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. _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Sat May 24, 2008 12:42 pm  Ted Jankowski F L I N T O I D Where did you find this information? This would be a great PSA for my Show! If this is really true. Where can I find the documentation? Sat May 24, 2008 1:17 pm  twotap F L I N T O I D http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp [/url]http://www.canadafreepress.com/gore-bush-house.htm[url] [/url]http://theanchoressonline.com/2007/02/26/inconvenient-truth-bush-greener-than-gore/[url] Heres a few. [/url] _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Sat May 24, 2008 2:12 pm  Ted Jankowski F L I N T O I D HOW COME I HAVEN"T SEEN THIS ON CNN??? WHERE IS MSNBC??? WHY HASN"T NBC, ABC, CBS?? Sat May 24, 2008 2:41 pm  Dave Starr F L I N T O I D quote: Ted Jankowski schreef: HOW COME I HAVEN"T SEEN THIS ON CNN??? WHERE IS MSNBC??? WHY HASN"T NBC, ABC, CBS?? Because, to them, Al is a saint and George is the devil incarnate. _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Sat May 24, 2008 2:54 pm  twotap F L I N T O I D quote: Because, to them, Al is a saint and George is the devil incarnate. Sounds like a few Flintalk forum members I can think of. is that PD and Demeralda comforting AL _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Sat May 24, 2008 2:58 pm  tricky mutha F L I N T O I D add the mutha to that list _________________ "Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there"- John Steinbeck Sat May 24, 2008 4:38 pm  twotap F L I N T O I D Which one are you in the photo??? _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Sat May 24, 2008 5:47 pm  tricky mutha F L I N T O I D I'm the dude holding on to Al _________________ "Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there"- John Steinbeck Sat May 24, 2008 8:38 pm  Demeralda F L I N T O I D Her boobs aren't big enough to be me. _________________ I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. - Mae West Tue May 27, 2008 8:26 am  twotap F L I N T O I D Did you by chance have to pass this hiring quota?? _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Tue May 27, 2008 9:52 am  Demeralda F L I N T O I D And here I thought that was just part of my physical... That's what I get for being blonde, too!! _________________ I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. - Mae West Tue May 27, 2008 10:03 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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