Posted by
Average Voter on Friday, January 16, 2009 10:32:02 AM
575 Million pounds.
That is the number of CO2 emissions that will be dumped into the atmosphere during the inauguration of President-elect Obama. But that is okay since it is Barack Obama, after all.
The IFL finds:
- Celebrities, politicians, and bigwigs using 600 private jets will produce 25,320,000 POUNDS of CO2
- Personal vehicles could account for 262,483,200 POUNDS of CO2
- n the parade, horses alone will produce more than 400 POUNDS of CO2
The IFL also came up with a revealing illustration about what this all means.
It would take the average U.S. household 57,598 years to produce a carbon footprint equal to that of the new president’s housewarming party.
I would be disapointed if Obama's team didn't buy some carbon offsets to make up for their terrible degredation of the Earth's climate.