What: Gore mansion's electricity bill
Where: Nashville, Tn
How much: About USD 1,300 a month
Many of Al Gore's detractors were quick to jump on this new revelation to accuse him of hypocrisy, of lecturing other people to reduce their energy consumption at home while he spends 20 times the US national average on the same.
Responding on his behalf, his aide said that Gore and his wife Tipper works at home and hence use more energy than the average home. To play his part in reducing carbon emissions, he buys his energy from a green energy supplier and he is in the process of installing energy savers like solar panels and energy-saving light bulbs.
To balance out other carbon emissions, the Gores are said to invest money in projects to reduce energy consumption.
The group that's accusing Gore, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, disputes that global warming is a serious problem.
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