"We built a highly energy efficient house. In fact, our home is Energy-Star rated. Energy Star is an EPA regulated designation for homes that are at least 30 percent more efficient than the national Model Energy Code.
In building we made sure we had effective insulation in floors, walls, and attics. We chose efficient heating and cooling equipment and high-performance windows. Our builder paid close attention to making sure the construction was tight to seal out drafts and moisture.
The day the independent inspector came to evaluate the house, we were on pins and needles while he tested our home's energy performance. As he packed his equipment, he gave us the good news: we are an Energy-Star home!"
Well la-dee-da, Ms. Edwards!
Ya think maybe the total amount of energy you use in your new "Energy Star" home each day might just be able to power some village in the third world for a few weeks?
hat tip: Dean Barnett, who added......
"Of course, it probably would have been more efficient to build a smaller house and go to the club to play squash, but I don’t want to say anything more that might once again “wedge” the Edwards and their netroots supporters."
So you think that Gold's Gym is the safest place for the Edwards family to go work out? Would it not piss someone off if they had to clear the room because of Secret Service (eventually)?
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, even if the place is as big as the Ponderosa, it probably will save a lot of energy and probably will use less than the house of asshat who leaked the story.
Leaked the story? Whether or not the media attention was coordinated by the vast right-wing conspiracy, this gigantic compound, that the locals have been talking about for ages (not in a nice way), was going to be subject to scrutiny "eventually".
ReplyDeleteAll that energy efficiency is very expensive and just serves to underscore how over-board the Edwardses went.
BTW it's a tad premature to station the Secret Service at Gold's just yet.
"Would it not piss someone off if they had to clear the room because of Secret Service (eventually)?"
ReplyDeleteWishful thinking, at it's best.
More on the Taj MaTwoAmericas from Talking About Politics.
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"It doesn’t even, Mrs. Edwards said, have “a grand staircase.” (It does have a $190,000 corridor, which costs more than a lot of homes in Raleigh, linking the two wings of the house.)"
A $190,000 CORRIDOR?