After his triumph at the Oscars, where he climbed on stage to the side of director David Guggenheim for "An Inconvenient Truth" sacred best documentary, Al Gore has pointed to its own energy consumption. According to the Centre for Policy Research of Tennessee, a conservative think-tank that challenges the man of global warming, the American vice-president reportedly spent $ 30000 to settle its electricity bills in 2006. Its consumption amounting to almost 221000 kw / h), while the average American is a hotbed of approximately 11000 kWh per year (the average Nashville would 15600 kWh per year). Against the backdrop of economic and political colossal, a battle of influence carries about climate change. All shots are allowed.

"We wanted to know if he lived in his own recommendations," says Drew Johnson, president of the think-tank. "In general I applaud her work for the reduction of energy consumption, but if it is to be spokesman on the subject of global warming, he will have to make some sacrifices."

The spokesman for the family Gore nuance these accusations, citing the presence of large amounts of renewable energy (wind, solar) in the total electricity bill. "When someone does not like the message, by the reality of global warming, he attacks the one who bears," she says, arguing that the mobilization of the couple Gore to reduce gas emissions greenhouse effect.

Al Gore replied that energy was original ecological since the Gore family participates in the program "Greenpowerswitch" (supply energy from renewable sources: solar, wind, methane from waste) of its electricity supplier (Nashville Electric Service)