The Cleaner
Vetran Washer 30 Years Plus
A 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 mont
h, this residence consumes more energy than the average American household
does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over
$2,400 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 the 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 residence of the 'environmentalis
t,' Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford , Texas ;
it is the residence of former President, George W. Bush.
An 'Inconvenient truth.'
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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 mont
h, this residence consumes more energy than the average American household
does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over
$2,400 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 the 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 #1 is outside of Nashville , Tennessee ;
it is the residence of the 'environmentalis
t,' Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford , Texas ;
it is the residence of former President, George W. Bush.
An 'Inconvenient truth.'
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i mean i didnt turn my lights off either but practice what you preach!! great post