I thought this was very interesting.....what do you think?

Which of the two houses below belongs to the environmentalist?

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Here’s the view from the gate
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Backyard including terrace and pool area
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Pictures from: pajamasmedia.com

Above: President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard walk along a gravel road past Bush's old house following an overnight stay at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Saturday, May 3, 2003. During a joint news conference, Bush thanked Howard for the help of Australia's military in the war against Iraq. (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

Below: President Bush, second from left in brown coat, stands out in front of his ranch house as he awaits the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putin in Crawford, Texas, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

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House Number One

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 Number Two

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 number one is outside of Nashville , Tennessee; it is the abode of the "environmentalist" Al Gore.

House number two is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas ; it is the residence the of the President of the United States , George W. Bush.

An "inconvenient truth".