this is great i got this from my grandpa and i thought it was great!
> LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU
> CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
>
> HOUSE # 1:
>
> A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas.
> Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all
> heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy
> than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average
> bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month.
> In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel),
> this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an
> American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow
> belt," either. It's in the South.
>
> HOUSE # 2:
>
> Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national
> university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home
> construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet
> (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American
> southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps
> drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The
> water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it
> in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural
> gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a
> conventional
> heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and
> funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from
> showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and
> then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land
> surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend
> the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
>
> HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville,
> Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and
> filmmaker) Al Gore.
>
> HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford ,
> Texas . Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private
> residence of the President of the United States , George W. Bush.
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