NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 28: Former Vice President Al Gore has purchased this home, in Nashville's exclusive Belle Meade section, for a reported USD2.3 million. The deed for the Colonial-style home, which sits on 2.09 acres of some of the city's most expensive land, was signed on June 17, 2002. Gore and his wife, Tipper, will keep other homes in Tennessee and Virginia. It was published February 28, 2007 that research group in Tennessee, where the former vice president lives, claims that Mr Gore's 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville consumes more electricity in a month than the average American household uses in a year. Getty Images logo Getty Images 35 months ago

NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 28: Former Vice President Al Gore has purchased this home, in Nashville's exclusive Belle Meade section, for a reported USD2.3 million. The deed for the Colonial-style home, which sits on 2.09 acres of some of the city's most expensive land, was signed on June 17, 2002. Gore and his wife, Tipper, will keep other homes in Tennessee and Virginia. It was published February 28, 2007 that research group in Tennessee, where the former vice president lives, claims that Mr Gore's 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville consumes more electricity in a month than the average American household uses in a year.

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