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One house is a palatial 12,000 sq feet, with 20 rooms and 8 baths. We'll call this one house "A".
The other is a "relatively" normal 4,000 sq feet, with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. We'll call this one house "B".
Got it? Good. Let's learn some fun facts about these houses and their owners!!!!!
House A consumes 221,000 kwhrs of electricity per year. The "average" Amercian home uses around 10,656 kwhrs per year - so yeah, house A does in fact use 20 TIMES as much power as a typical home. House A also has a hefty gas bill - $1,080 per month - or about 9 times that of a typical gas useage of a 'normal" home...
House B has an advanced geotheremal heat pump system, which uses water pumped below ground to keep the house a consistant 69 degrees year around. Combined with solar panels on the roof and tree plantings that provide shade and stop drafts, house B uses 75% LESS power than an average home. It also has rainwater catchment systems to trap surface run off and store it for watering landscaping, and a septic system that provides fertilizer for an organic garden. A nearby pond provides cooling breezes and habitat for many types of threatened indigineous plants and animals.
Both the owners of houses A and B are weatlthy men.
One is a Capitalist.
One is an Environmentalist.
House A is in Tennessee
House B is in Texas
The owner of House A just recieved an Academy Award for a documentary about the looming threat of environmental chaos brought on by global warming from the excess burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. Maybe you saw it - it was called "An Inconvieniant Truth".
The owner of house B is often accused of single-handedly destroying the entire planet..... in spite of his own home.
So, you probably already know who owns house A, then.... The massive, inefficient, overcomsumptive, wasteful beheamoth that uses 20 TIMES the energy of a typical home.
But who owns house B?
Well, it's only a "weekend" house for now. The rest of the time the owner lives at 1600 Penn. Ave. in Washington. D.C.
Have a nice day.
The other is a "relatively" normal 4,000 sq feet, with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. We'll call this one house "B".
Got it? Good. Let's learn some fun facts about these houses and their owners!!!!!
House A consumes 221,000 kwhrs of electricity per year. The "average" Amercian home uses around 10,656 kwhrs per year - so yeah, house A does in fact use 20 TIMES as much power as a typical home. House A also has a hefty gas bill - $1,080 per month - or about 9 times that of a typical gas useage of a 'normal" home...
House B has an advanced geotheremal heat pump system, which uses water pumped below ground to keep the house a consistant 69 degrees year around. Combined with solar panels on the roof and tree plantings that provide shade and stop drafts, house B uses 75% LESS power than an average home. It also has rainwater catchment systems to trap surface run off and store it for watering landscaping, and a septic system that provides fertilizer for an organic garden. A nearby pond provides cooling breezes and habitat for many types of threatened indigineous plants and animals.
Both the owners of houses A and B are weatlthy men.
One is a Capitalist.
One is an Environmentalist.
House A is in Tennessee
House B is in Texas
The owner of House A just recieved an Academy Award for a documentary about the looming threat of environmental chaos brought on by global warming from the excess burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. Maybe you saw it - it was called "An Inconvieniant Truth".
The owner of house B is often accused of single-handedly destroying the entire planet..... in spite of his own home.
So, you probably already know who owns house A, then.... The massive, inefficient, overcomsumptive, wasteful beheamoth that uses 20 TIMES the energy of a typical home.
But who owns house B?
Well, it's only a "weekend" house for now. The rest of the time the owner lives at 1600 Penn. Ave. in Washington. D.C.
Have a nice day.