Al Gores House Solar Panels

No matter how the numbers are viewed al gore uses vastly more electricity at his home than the average american a particularly inconvenient truth given his hypocritical calls for all americans to reduce their home energy use.

Al gores house solar panels. Those solar panels produce an average of 1 092 kwh per month only 5 7 of gore s typical monthly energy consumption. Those solar panels produce an average of 1 092 kwh per month only 5 7 of gore s typical monthly energy consumption. At the time of the greening of gore s home the installation of solar panels including labor and the electronic components necessary to convert solar energy into a current that can be fed into the commercial electric grid cost approximately 3 to 5 per watt. A 2007 report from the tennessee center for policy research tcpr claiming that al gore s tennessee home uses over 20 times more energy than the average u s.

The 33 solar panels gore installed in nashville produce only 5 7 percent of the home s annual energy consumption while about 3 2 percent more is off the grid generated by wind and solar with a. 22 installing 9 240 watts of solar panels at an average labor and hardware cost of 4 per watt gore spent another 36 960 in estimated installation charges. 22 installing 9 240 watts of solar panels at an average labor and hardware cost of 4 per watt gore spent another 36 960 in estimated installation charges. At the time of the greening of gore s home the installation of solar panels including labor and the electronic components necessary to convert solar energy into a current that can be fed into the commercial electric grid cost approximately 3 to 5 per watt.

Gore paid an estimated 60 000 to install 33 solar panels.