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Oh oh! Someone questioning the almighty Goracle!
IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 09:17 AM
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Did Al Gore recently buy a 100 ft house boat?
Advertisements [?]Is it environmentally friendly?
That's a good question IJ...you're still a complete lunatic but that is a good question! Let the spinning and twisting begin by the disciples of The Goracle begin! :-)http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3751336 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3751336)
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Gore has been criticized for advocating his environmental policies. Many conservatives have been telling people that our lives will have to drastically change and warning that we'd have to give up a lot of things. Gore is showing that you can be environmentally friendly AND have fun.
WTHHF? (HH stands for Holy Hell)?????
"If I say it, it is true"
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First up!
Mabus (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 09:33 AM
Response to Reply #11
15. It's the Bio-Solar One
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 09:34 AM by Mabus
Al Gore's Bio-Solar One
Submitted by Christian Grantham on August 5, 2008 - 4:59pm.
The solar panels for Al Gore's new boat (Bio-Solar One) will be installed at Hurricane Marina tomorrow.
It's just a hunch, but I bet you won't find a single one of the following conservatives there taking pictures for their follow-up blog posts.
It's likely you won't hear much about the fact that the boat carries enough fuel for a year's use and is called the Toyota Prius of boats by the company that sold it to Gore. Those facts, it seems, have a distinctly liberal bias.
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UPDATE 08-06-08 10:42am - Solar panel wiring is underway on Bio-Solar One today, and the solar panels, which are inside the boat, will be mounted tomorrow. News 2's Jerry Barlar is heading down today for a follow up report. You can see his report from yesterday's 6pm newscast here.
UPDATE 1:46pm - Jerry Barlar is at the marina now and will have a followup at 6pm. Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider tells NIT that once the solar panels are completely installed (by weeks end), they will fully power the boat when it's in use. When the boat is not in use, the solar panels will feed renewable energy back into the grid at the marina.
Bio-Solar One uses about 4 gallons of biodiesel on a typical weekend, depending on use. This is about 20-25% more fuel efficient than other boats this size. Tennessee is a leader in the production of biodiesel fuels.
UPDATE 3:01pm - One of the things you will see in tonight's report is a bank of batteries that store the solar energy. There are 16 of them, each weighing 167 pounds. That's more than a ton of batteries. The power that is not used will be enough to power 4 or 5 other boats at the marina.
http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/node/58791
Gore has been criticized for advocating his environmental policies. Many conservatives have been telling people that our lives will have to drastically change and warning that we'd have to give up a lot of things. Gore is showing that you can be environmentally friendly AND have fun.
As long as you are an incredibly wealthy ex-vp with buddies who more than likely own the company making said solar panels! :-)DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 09:38 AM
Response to Reply #15
18. OK
Yeah, you can be envionmentally friendly and have fun as long as you have the wealth to buy such a toy in the first place and can then afford to have solar panels installed.
But wouldn't it use less energy not to even have the boat in the first place?
Didn't I just say that? :-) There's more over there,The Disciples of The Goracle are straining to explain The Great Goracles penchant for the good life.
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BS One ahoy, Captain!
::)
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Hats off to DangerDave and wtmusic.
Now, anyone wanna inform that fool Tarc that they don't SELL Bio-Diesel on the lake? It doesn't run ONLY on Bio-Diesel. It's like my Flex-Fuel E85 Tahoe. I can use E85, 87, 89, or 91 Octane.
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Hats off to DangerDave and wtmusic.
Now, anyone wanna inform that fool Tarc that they don't SELL Bio-Diesel on the lake? It doesn't run ONLY on Bio-Diesel. It's like my Flex-Fuel E85 Tahoe. I can use E85, 87, 89, or 91 Octane.
Nope, the marina at Old Hickory Lake doesn't sell biodiesel. :-)
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Hats off to DangerDave and wtmusic.
Now, anyone wanna inform that fool Tarc that they don't SELL Bio-Diesel on the lake? It doesn't run ONLY on Bio-Diesel. It's like my Flex-Fuel E85 Tahoe. I can use E85, 87, 89, or 91 Octane.
Nope, the marina at Old Hickory Lake doesn't sell biodiesel. :-)
Gore will have the fuel flown in.
Do these idiots really fall for that "2 gallons" per weekend? You can't move that monster out of dock on two gallons of fuel.
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 01:18 PM
Response to Original message
1. It runs on whale oil and ground-up manatees
He's a fiend, I tell you.
"Three Brazilians died."
"Dreadful," said the President.
"How many is that?"
:rotf: :rotf:
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There is also no way what-so-ever that that number of solar panels can power the whole boat. Even with the best solar panels on a full size house you can't power your whole house with them unless you unplug EVERYTHING! He could maybe run some lights and one computer and maybe a microwave. That would even be pushing it on a boat that size.
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I have solar panels on my boat that charge the batteries that start my two Volvo/Penta Diesels.........does that make me "environmentally friendly" Al......?
doc
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I have solar panels on my boat that charge the batteries that start my two Volvo/Penta Diesels.........does that make me "environmentally friendly" Al......?
doc
Man, we're gonna have to start calling you Dr. Green!
:-)
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I have solar panels on my boat that charge the batteries that start my two Volvo/Penta Diesels.........does that make me "environmentally friendly" Al......?
doc
Man, we're gonna have to start calling you Dr. Green!
:-)
Only if I can figure a way to make the Volvos run on chicken grease from my local KFC.........those suckers are thirsty!
doc
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It's likely you won't hear much about the fact that the boat carries enough fuel for a year's use and is called the Toyota Prius of boats by the company that sold it to Gore. Those facts, it seems, have a distinctly liberal bias.
Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage, Says Editorial (http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=14582)
:thatsright:
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DRINK THAT KOO-AID, BEEYATCH!
Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Fri Aug-08-08 09:34 AM
16. Many houseboats are static (i.e. no engine)...
They merely float.
That said, I HIGHLY doubt President Gore would buy a huge boat with an equally huge engine to tool around Tennesee lakes. My bet is that, if he DID buy a 100ft houseboat, it's of the static kind.
Guess his jet is really a glider and his SUV convoys have midgets "Flintstoning" the damn things around. Besides, what part of "it runs on bio-Diesel" does this fool not understand? Do these idiots ALSO realize Bio-Diesel isn't the ONLY damn fuel that can be used? :whatever:
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"4 gallons" a weekend............BBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSSSSSSSS
Dummies will believe anything that comes outta that fools mouth.
One Al Gore fart will power the entire Denver Democrat Convention. I had equipment that burned 12 gallons per hour and I'll bet that that houseboat has TWO similar size engines in it.
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No way on
GODS Gores green earth does a diesel motor that pushes a 100' vessel only burn 4 gallons a weekend, unless all it does is start to just say it only uses 4 gallons a weekend.
I believe we need the definition of "weekend"
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One Al Gore fart will power the entire Denver Democrat Convention.
Can't happen...........the environmental "impact" statement just for one AL G fart still hasn't been assessed by the EPA for methane content....developing
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Hats off to DangerDave and wtmusic.
Now, anyone wanna inform that fool Tarc that they don't SELL Bio-Diesel on the lake? It doesn't run ONLY on Bio-Diesel. It's like my Flex-Fuel E85 Tahoe. I can use E85, 87, 89, or 91 Octane.
Nope, the marina at Old Hickory Lake doesn't sell biodiesel. :-)
Gore will have the fuel flown in.
Do these idiots really fall for that "2 gallons" per weekend? You can't move that monster out of dock on two gallons of fuel.
Agreed - the whole story is BS.
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UPDATE 3:01pm - One of the things you will see in tonight's report is a bank of batteries that store the solar energy. There are 16 of them, each weighing 167 pounds. That's more than a ton of batteries. The power that is not used will be enough to power 4 or 5 other boats at the marina.
yeah :lmao: Big Al is gonna let other boats get a hook up.. :lmao:
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UPDATE 3:01pm - One of the things you will see in tonight's report is a bank of batteries that store the solar energy. There are 16 of them, each weighing 167 pounds. That's more than a ton of batteries. The power that is not used will be enough to power 4 or 5 other boats at the marina.
He's gonna have so mush "green" stuff on the boat that he's gonna end up sinking into the deep blue.
yeah :lmao: Big Al is gonna let other boats get a hook up.. :lmao: