After "An Inconvenient Truth" came out in 2006, Al Gore pledged to make his manse in Nashville's posh Belle Meade enclave more environmentally friendly -- in the face of criticism he was an energy-guzzling hypocrite. But with "An Inconvenient Sequel" opening in theaters Friday, the solar panels and other green upgrades aren't making any difference, the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research concludes. The home consumes 21 times the energy the average household uses, and its usage per square foot makes it an "energy hog" at any size, the center says, drawing on electricity data from the local utility and other reporting.
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