03-01-2007, 05:53 PM
Rebel
03-01-2007, 05:54 PM
RebelKev Wrote:Link
[quote][b]Posted by Marc Morano Marc_Morano@EPW.Senate.Gov - February 27, 2007 4:21 pm ET
Former Vice President Al Gore has been criticized for his rather large electric bills ($30,000 a year) at his home in Tennessee. (Link) What you might not have heard about is how environmentally friendly President George Bush's home is in Crawford Texas. Below is a partial reprint from the Chicago Tribune from April 29, 2001.
Chicago Tribune
Bush loves ecology --at home
April 29, 2001
By Rob Sullivan. Rob Sullivan is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles
The 4,000-square-foot house is a model of environmental rectitude.
Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this "eco-friendly" dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize.
A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem.
No, this is not the home of some eccentrically wealthy eco-freak trying to shame his fellow citizens into following the pristineness of his self-righteous example. And no, it is not the wilderness retreat of the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council, a haven where tree-huggers plot political strategy.
This is President George W. Bush's "Texas White House" outside the small town of Crawford
[EPW Note: The President
03-01-2007, 06:18 PM
well if any of you build a house.
put your heat in the floor and your A/C in the ceiling.
put your heat in the floor and your A/C in the ceiling.
Rebel
03-01-2007, 06:25 PM
Tulsaman Wrote:well if any of you build a house.
put your heat in the floor and your A/C in the ceiling.
Then how am I going to increase my carbon footprint?
Come on, man. I'm trying to triple it by 2010.
03-01-2007, 06:27 PM
oh yer trying to triple it?
well then by all means buy a V12 truck and drive it up the block every day 2824758 times a day and buy generators big generators and run a Big 500 Inch Tv screen on it.
well then by all means buy a V12 truck and drive it up the block every day 2824758 times a day and buy generators big generators and run a Big 500 Inch Tv screen on it.