Tuesday, February 27, 2007  Al Gore's Electric Bill  In the wake
of Al Gore's Oscar win on Monday night, some folks over at the
Tennessee Center for Policy Research decided to have some fun at
the former Vice President's expense by printing a detailed
analysis of the electric use at his Nashville home:         Wow.
Gore fired back this morning through the progressive politics
site, Think Progress, noting that he and his family try to
soften the impact of their electricity use by purchasing green
power and buying carbon offsets.  All I could think when I saw
the original note is how much larger Gore's carbon footprint
would have been if he had lived in a state that gets generates
less of its electricity from nuclear energy? After all,
Tennessee gets 28.6% of its electricity from nuclear energy
(PDF), almost 10% more than the national average.  Plenty of
folks are unconvinced at the sincerity of his response. As for
me, I just think this whole episode points out how difficult
it's really going to be to cut carb