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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
With five private jets, Travolta still lectures on global warming
2007-03-30
His serious aviation habit means he is hardly the best person to lecture others on the environment. But John Travolta went ahead and did it anyway. The 53-year-old actor, a passionate pilot, encouraged his fans to "do their bit" to tackle global warming. But although he readily admitted: "I fly jets", he failed to mention he actually owns five, along with his own private runway. Clocking up at least 30,000 flying miles in the past 12 months means he has produced an estimated 800 tons of carbon emissions – nearly 100 times the average Briton's tally.

Travolta made his comments this week at the British premiere of his movie, Wild Hogs. He spoke of the importance of helping the environment by using "alternative methods of fuel" – after driving down the red carpet on a Harley Davidson.

Travolta, a Scientologist, claimed the solution to global warming could be found in outer space and blamed his hefty flying mileage on the nature of the movie business. But his appointment as a "serving ambassador" for the Australian airline Qantas doesn't seem to have much to do with the movies. Nor does a recent, two-month round-the-world flying trip. "It [global warming] is a very valid issue," Travolta declared. "I'm wondering if we need to think about other planets and dome cities.

"Everyone can do their bit. But I don't know if it's not too late already. We have to think about alternative methods of fuel. "I'm probably not the best candidate to ask about global warming because I fly jets. "I use them as a business tool though, as others do. I think it's part of this industry – otherwise I couldn't be here doing this and I wouldn't be here now."

Travolta's five private planes – a customised £2million Boeing 707, three Gulfstream jets and a Lear jet – are kept at the bottom of his garden in the US next to a private runway.
There is a picture of the house and his jets parked outside at the link. Just make sure to keep the drool off your keyboards
Posted by:Steve

#15  So Mr Travolta.. how exactly will domed cities help?
And what planets can we move to? Psychlo ?

Posted by: John Frum   2007-03-30 20:11  

#14  And here I thought it was only his acting that was sickening.

Once again living up to the name "John Revolting".

Posted by: Mike N.   2007-03-30 19:16  

#13  The picture of his house makes it look very eco-friendly. I mean who doesnÂ’t' have a 737 and a 727 parked at the ole homestead.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2007-03-30 19:02  

#12  What would Xenu do?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-03-30 18:27  

#11  Maybe he could jetpool everywhere he went. Or not. Maybe he could learn to use video conferencing like the rest of the planet. Or not.
Posted by: gorb   2007-03-30 18:09  

#10  A little slack y'all; i bet he doesn't sit in traffic and let any of the jets idle........
i agree w/ AP: if you want to have a lot of toys that's ok, but then don't tell me I can't have my toys or how to use them...
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-03-30 17:23  

#9  Well, Barbarino, you can only fly one at a time, so I've guess you've got that going for you.

Posted by: eLarson   2007-03-30 17:12  

#8  When I lived up north,
Heeheehee
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-30 14:42  

#7  Well, let's talk about planes, one of his planes, say the Learjet. Now a Lear at cruise burns about 1119 lb per hour of Jet-A or about 167 gallons per hour. This does not include Taxi and runup, or takeoff running. So let's say our great Greenie-man puts on 200 hours per year, or 33,400 gallons per year. Now say an average trip is about 4 hours, so we have about 50 takeoffs and landings. At 50 gallons per runup, taxi, and takeoff, we are talking another 2500 gallons. So we are talking about 36,000 gallons of fuel for this one alone.

Now take my little Chickenhawk, the Cessna 172, to wit:

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Now she burns 8 gallons per hour, block to block. When I lived up north, I would put on 200 hours a year, easy. Total fuel consumption was 1600 gallons per year. If I had 36,000 gallons of fuel, I could fly for 22 years.

These Global Warming clowns just knock me out. I do not have a problem with Mr. Travolta buying his toys to excess and setting up his little private Walter Mitty airline. This is still a free country---for now. I have a real problem with him lecturing us about global warming™ and telling us to change our lifestyles while he does the conspicuous consumption thing.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-03-30 14:03  

#6  Aw...how cute. He's his own little airports authority.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-03-30 12:13  

#5  Hypocrisy, thy name is liberals.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-03-30 11:26  

#4  Tom,
Let me back in the closet until this thing blows over... Hey, you know what they call a Big Mac in France?
Posted by: Capsu 78   2007-03-30 11:22  

#3  I gave up my five jets for global warming. Next I'm going to give up my mansion. Got to get my carbon credits in line. Going to follow the penguin leader--Al Gore.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-03-30 11:09  

#2  But, but... I'm SURE he only uses them one at a time.
/sarcasm
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2007-03-30 09:03  

#1  Is the surprise meter still in the shop?
Posted by: Raj   2007-03-30 08:34  

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