A follow-up on my Obama-nation from yesterday, about Obama burning tens of thousands of gallons of fuel to fly to Colorado so he could sign his spendulus bill in a "green" environment. According to michellemalkin.com,
Thought you might find this interesting - according to the info I found on Boeing’s website and elsewhere, the 747-200 that operates as Air Force One uses anywhere from 5 to 7 gallons of fuel per mile, depending on how full it is. At roughly 1500 miles from DC to Denver, that’s at least 15,000 gallons of fuel round trip. There are 33.4 kilowatt hours of energy in a gallon of fuel, meaning this trip will use about 500,000 kilowatt hours of energy. According to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s own website, their solar installation has generated only 90,000 kilowatt hours of energy since it was installed last June!
In addition, Biden went to the "historic" signing of this bill too. Do you think he and Obama rode in the same plane? Why no, of course not, Biden took Air Force Two.
Gee, wouldn't it be nice to have a president who actually recognized what things cost, and tried to save the US money on things, including travel expenses? I wonder if there are any politicians out there who actually do things like that? Hmmm, I can think of one who chose to fly commercial and sold her state's airplane on ebay to save money for the state.
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