In fairness, the Chinese don't put their own butts on their nasty toilets.
Posted on 02/02/2006 11:15:13 AM PST by presidio9
President Bush is one of the biggest gas guzzlers in the country and his first stop to sell the idea of breaking the nation's oil addiction burned up thousands of gallons of jet fuel and hundreds of gallons of gasoline. The White House, Air Force and Secret Service keep a tight hold on the President's travel and mileage, but government and industry figures show that the Air Force One 747 jet gets less than the equivalent of a mile per gallon.
The President usually travels with a backup 747 as well as a huge C-17 aircraft packed with the presidential limo and the Marine One helicopter, which flies Bush from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base and around destination cities.
The C-17 gets even worse mileage than the 747s, and the chopper's mileage is pegged at .014 mpg.
Once on the ground, the President travels in a gas-gulping convoy. At the heart of that convoy are two Cadillac limos and several Chevy Suburbans.
Even without the bulletproof shields and other special measures, the limos get 18 mpg in the city.
The Suburbans get 15 mpg in the city, but that too is without the bullet- and blast-proofing and the communications gear the Secret Service and military travel with. Three to five Suburbans travel in a motorcade, which often stretches to more than a dozen vehicles.
Bush's 700-mile trip to give his State of the Union encore speech in Nashville yesterday cost $19,594.25 in fuel alone just for Air Force One, according to government figures.
He will carry his message over the next few days to Maplewood, Minn., Albuquerque and Dallas before heading back to Washington. That's another 4,341 miles.
"Besides, I do believe President Bubba was quite expert in burning up fossil fuels as well."
I don't know about the 'burning up' part, but he sure was guilty of some noxious emissions.
This has to be one of the most ridiculous articles ever.
"So, what did Air Force 1 use when Clinton was President? Hot Air? Wind? Bulls**t?"
Hot Air. Clinton provided plenty of it.
Another STUCK ON STUPID comment by the NY Daily Spews
KENNETH R. BAZINET is a hypocrite, because he pumps needless CO2 emissions out of his ignorant pie hole.
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
Keep talking losers. Everytime a Democrat opens their mouth, a new Republican is made.
LOL! From which end?
I recall during the 2000 campaign when Al Gore made literally three cross country flights in one day in Air Force 2 (DC to LA to Miami and back to LA) to attend various fundraisers while talking about the environment the entire time.
But then again, it's different if you're a Democrat.
I think he should bike.
In fairness, the Chinese don't put their own butts on their nasty toilets.
And if he DIDN'T travel, the deekhead who wrote this article would be complaining that he was too isolated and should get out more. I think if we divide the president's fuel costs among the nearly 300 million of us he represents, we can probably handle the tab.
Bush's Fault? Paleeze.....
Dan rather told me he had documents that proved kerry wind-surfed over to Davos Switzerland.
BTW, I find it amusing that the two of you are working together during Super Bowl week.
KENNETH R. BAZINET- Waaaaahhhh! Waaahhhh! Waaaahhh!
Idiot.
Last week they were complaining he was in a bubble in Washington.
LOL, cheese. :-)
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