Inconvenient Truth

1. Al Gore wants us all to wear hair shirts, but he will still wear silk, thankee sir.

Al Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

(For the record, I believe in global warming, though I think we should be mindful of skeptics and its causes, and that the best solution will be electric cars powered by nuclear reactors, not the Kyoto protocols. BTW, Europe's emissions are still rising and rising faster than the United States' in fact, and I don't even want to think about China or India.)

2. Chinese people are easily suckered into any scam involving medicine or health. I think I should start selling hydrogen dioxide tablets to them - IT'S A VITAL CHEMICAL FOR YOUR BODY!

3. If Red-A says he won't be blogging for a while, he probably is lying.

WIFE UPDATE: I cannot tell if her foot is getting better or worse, but help is on the way in the form of my mother.

I could post a photo of her infected foot, but would it gross everyone out?

GORACLE UPDATE: My point about the Goracle's electric bill isn't really that he's a potential hypocrite or that we all should be living like a ten year-old vegan Indian boy living in a 20sqm 'green design residence' with no electricity and a family of more than 7, but that the solution is going to be some reduction of emissions via conservation/education/markets, but a whole lot more through technology like using nuclear power and electric cars.

You will not be able to convince the Al Gore's of this world to give up their private jets or their 10,000 sq. ft. homes anymore than we could ask the average foreigner in Taiwan to give up his Thailand vacations or 2 stroke scooter. Plus, you know the J-Hole will find some evidence that beer production is kilo for kilo the least efficient use of grain, and we should all be drinking NT$ 50 Kaoliang instead. (Hey it cures canker sores!)