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A former aide suspects a campaign by Mr Gore's opponents |
A Tennessee-based free market think-tank said Mr Gore's home used more than 20 times the national average of gas and electricity.
A spokeswoman for Mr Gore said he was trying to reduce his carbon emissions by using sustainable energy sources.
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Mr Gore's climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar.
Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use Tennessee Center for Policy Research |
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research said utility bills obtained from public records indicated that Mr Gore's 20-room house and swimming pool in Nashville used nearly 221,000 kWh in 2006, compared with a yearly average of 10,656.
The centre's president Drew Johnson said the Gores had a heated swimming