Not trying to defend al gore but his big mansion is actually very energy efficient and he uses renewable energy in it too. He doesn't ever claim that we should all live humbly, he says we should manage our energy usage.

I read somewhere that his house consumed twenty times that of an average american household. But I also read that he decided to make his house more energy efficient after that article came out. So he´s been "fighting for the climate" since the 70s or when ever, and he hasn´t actually tried to make his house enviromentaly friendly untill some one writes an article about it? That´s what I call commitment!

I call bullshit on that. A single article wouldn't persuade him at all, if there was a massive media campaign against him then he changed his ways, then sure, but one single article? Nope, thats hardly enough to persuade him to change and unless you can put down stone cold citations on the table I can't say that I'm convinced.

"The power coming into their residence is green, renewable power," she said, explaining that the Gores participate in a program called Green Power Switch, which is run through the public Tennessee Valley Authority. Green Power Switch supplies energy from renewable sources to its members

Johnson was unimpressed. "The energy he receives into his house is no different than what I receive into my house," he said. "He doesn't have a green power line hooked to his house."

The report also said that the Gores' natural gas bills for his mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.