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2007-03-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

With five private jets, Travolta still lectures on global warming

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Posted by Steve 2007-03-30 07:53|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is the surprise meter still in the shop?

Posted by Raj 2007-03-30 08:34|| 2007-03-30 08:34|| Front Page Top

#2 But, but... I'm SURE he only uses them one at a time.
/sarcasm

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-03-30 09:03|| 2007-03-30 09:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 11:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 11:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Hypocrisy, thy name is liberals.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-30 11:26|| 2007-03-30 11:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Aw...how cute. He's his own little airports authority.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-30 12:13|| 2007-03-30 12:13|| Front Page Top

#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:

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 warmingâ¢ and telling us to change our lifestyles while he does the conspicuous consumption thing.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-30 14:03|| 2007-03-30 14:03|| Front Page Top

#8 When I lived up north,
Heeheehee

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-30 14:42|| 2007-03-30 14:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-03-30 17:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 17:23|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 18:09|| Front Page Top

#12 What would Xenu do?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-03-30 18:27|| 2007-03-30 18:27|| Front Page Top

#13 The picture of his house makes it look very eco-friendly. I mean who doesnt' have a 737 and a 727 parked at the ole homestead.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-03-30 19:02|| 2007-03-30 19:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 19:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-03-30 20:11|| Front Page Top

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