With the new attacks on Al Gore for his energy wasting mansion, I started looking around to see if I could find more celebrity gossip about energy monsters…

I came across some old articles about Barbara Streisand and her lawsuit against California Coastline Project for taking a picture of her Malibu mansion. The $10 million dollar lawsuit was eventually dropped, because, it was not highly offensive ridiculous, and a waste of time, for everyone except Barbara, who got some good PR for her mansion.

I wanted to see if I could find the address on zillow, or some other real estate estimator, but I couldn’t find the address. Of course I could have searched the google maps and microsoft’s maps to find it, but it’s late and I’m lazy…BUT i did find her old mansion. She donated this mansion to Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in 1993. YOu can now take tours of the mansion for $30.

Ms. Streisand’s $12 million estate consists of 22 1/2 lushly-landscaped acres accented with sycamore, oak, walnut and pine trees, picturesque bridges and gardens, and a stream flowing through the property.
Source: http://www.seeing-stars.com/Live/BarbraStreisandsHouse.shtml

So, I decided to zillow it: 5750 Ramirez Canyon Road, Malibu CA
Ouch…the Zestimate is only $2.9 Million, this is the worst Zestimate I have ever seen!

Anyhow, Barbara is old news, let’s talk about Al Gore…this is just too funny. Here are some things I’ve learned through my life.

1. if you run for President, all your past dirt will be dug up
2. If you are a major celebrity, all your past dirt will be dug up
3. If you are a celebrity that preaches and tells the common man how to live, your dirt will dug up and then you will be buried by it.

So Al Gore wins an Oscar for his movie An Inconvenient Truth and within days he is being hounded by conservatives stating that his 20 room mansion uses 20x more energy then the average house.

The Gores used about 191,000 kilowatt hours in 2006, according to bills reviewed by The Associated Press. The typical Nashville household uses about 15,600 kilowatt-hours per year.

Gore, who owns homes in Carthage, Tenn., and in the Washington area, has said he leads a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” To balance out other carbon emissions, the Gores invest money in projects to reduce energy consumption, Kreider said.
Source: news.wired.com

Why do I get so frustrated from this?

It’s not because he has an energy wasting house, because he donates more to environmental projects then the average American. It’s because he makes a movie that looks decades into the future to see the results of global warming, but he can’t see 1 year into the future to see that he is going to get bashed for his billion dollar movie…

I mean come on, Gore, how hard would it have been to start making your home more energy efficient when the movie first came out. It would have saved you a lot of hassles. You have enough money. All you would have to do is add some solar panels, some of those ugly flourescent blubs, and maybe sealed off some of your 20 rooms…I thought you were a visionary?

An Inconvenient Fruit
An Inconvenient Tooth
getting nastier
Biggest polluters
Gore the Conman

Why can’t you be more like Ed Bagley Jr? Now there is an environmentalist.

“He currently lives near Los Angeles in a self-sufficient home powered by solar energy.”

Oh I forgot Barbara also has her list of energy saving tips for the common man because according to her, we only have weeks, not years to make a difference

As the weeks progress and our energy crisis worsens…

Second only to Rhode Island, California is the best conserving state in the nation - but we can do even better. Let’s join together to be a part of the solution to help our state through this problem period. Our collective efforts to conserve can actually make a difference.
* Turn up your thermostat to 78 degrees when you’re home, and 85 degrees when you’re out.
* Avoid running your appliances during the peak hours of 4pm to 6pm.
* Use warm or cold water to wash clothes and try to line dry as much as possible.
* Only run your dishwasher when it is fully loaded and air-dry your dishes instead of using the dry cycle.
* Turn off appliances and lights when they are not in use.
* Turn off the television when you leave the room and turn off your computer at the power strip when you’re not using it.
* Replace your air conditioner filters, seal and caulk doors and windows that might leak, and buy energy-efficient products like Energy Star Light Bulbs.
source: Babs Press Release

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