Today while listening to Phil Valentine on the radio a caller said he was offered a few dollars for each of his Cap and Trade credits. After he refused to be involved the caller investigated the proposed offer and found out the person was able to resell these credits for about 8 times more in Europe. What a return on investment! This is just a small example of the crookedness that is already in the works with the Crap and Trade proposols. Yes, I meant to say CRAP and Trade because that is exactly what it is. People are waiting in the wings for CRAP and Trade to pass so they can line their pockets at the expense of the poor or average working person. Higher taxes and energy costs will be just the beginning of our sorrows.
And our President who has already put us at the mercy of China is pushing this nonsense. Why can’t we just clean the environment in a sensible matter without going to drastic, global economy wrecking measures? I know Al Gore is happy with it and stands to make millions and millions more while he pollutes the environment much more than the average citizen.
Tale of Two Houses
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 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 per month. 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 #2
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.
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HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville , Tennessee ;
It is the home of the ‘Environmentalist’ [hypocrite] Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford , Texas ; it is the
residence of the Ex-President of the United States , George W. Bush.
THIS is the definition of an ” inconvenient truth ” !!!
I sure hope this gets passed to everyone!
And, yes … I DID check Snopes prior to forwarding it.
You can verify this it at: http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
Did NOT See Where Facts Are Verified
Very interesting! This whole site is great, good info & I love the green tips,too