Al,Al,Al,Al,Al,Al, saving the planet, right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have Geothermal heat , What a GREAT story from
t8kthdog on the WGAT message board. P. S., WGAT stock is the
one to buy!
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 ONEMONTH ALONE
this mansion consumes more energy than the average American
household in an ENTIRE YEAR.
The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00
per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a
fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national
average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or
Midwestern "snow belt," either. 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 contains only
4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid 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 winter and coolsit in summer. The system uses no fossil
fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity
required for a conventional heating/coolingsystem. 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. Flowers and
shrubs native to the areablend the property into the surrounding
rural landscape.
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville,
Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist
(and filmmaker), darling of the liberal communist Hollywood actors,
Al ?I invented the Internet? Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near
Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House,
" it is the private residence of the President of the United
States, George W. Bush.
Our Geothermal Bill for 2006 for heating and air conditioning,
cooling ( air conditioning) - $89.96
Heating (very little L P used ) 236.91
Total for year 353.86
Can you beat that, over 2600 sq. ft house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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