We've been catching up on work most of this week (and the Admiral took off a while ago to set-up a table at the KSDP's Washington Day's for Gore) so I haven't been on-line much. I didn't see this article posted but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if it was posted in GD or GDP yesterday? If it hasn't I think we ought to get it out there.
http://abqtrib.com/news/2007/mar/01/center-used-false-data-measure-gore-usage/?printer=1/Here are some excerpts:
Center used false data to measure Gore usage
Associated Press
Thursday, March 1, 2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Al Gore, a leading voice against global warming, is being criticized by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.
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The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation, issued a statement saying Gore was not doing enough to reduce his own electricity consumption. The group also disputes that global warming is a serious problem.
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But company (Nashville Electric Service) spokeswoman Laurie Parker said the utility never got a request from the policy center and never gave it any information.
Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said: "Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger."
The article says that the Gores paid an average of $1200 a month for utilities and says that copies of the real utility records were inspected by the Associated Press.
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