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Today is earth day???!!!! I am sooo ashamed as I dried my hands with a paper towel in the public restroom THEN I air-dried them as it was cold out! Woe is me I destroyed a TREE and did not conserve electricity!
Today is earth day???!!!! I am sooo ashamed as I dried my hands with a paper towel in the public restroom THEN I air-dried them as it was cold out! Woe is me I destroyed a TREE and did not conserve electricity!
On a day when many Americans will be reflecting upon how they can reduce their impact on the environment, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will board separate jets in Washington on Earth Day morning to fly 250 miles up the east coast to New York, where they will land at separate airports to attend separate events within a few miles of each other.
And what is the "environmental" impact of the above?
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The parallel visits of Air Force One (a 747/VC-25 aircraft) and Air Force Two (a 757/C-32A aircraft) will delay dozens, if not hundreds of commercial flights at Kennedy and LaGuardia and other nearby airports as no-fly zones are implemented.
Circle and burn, baby, burn all that jet fuel!
And when they deplane, what is waiting for them?
Dozens of gas-guzzling SUVs to carry the entourage of obama and Biden, maybe a helicopter or two and don't forget the Jets flying around the area. Now, as they make their way to their separate destinations, can you imagine the commuters stuck in traffic jams, burning even more fuel and carbon as they wait for The One to pass?
My aunt gives me a hard time about my little Hummer. She takes pride in driving her old Acura, in part, because she believes she's being environmentally responsible by driving an old car. What she fails to realize is that her old Acura pollutes a lot more than my Hummer.
You drive a Hummer? Are you compensating for something?
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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There is a difference between being responsible about the environment and worshiping mother earth. I do what I can to conserve but I'm not going to worship nature.
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I am sooo ashamed as I dried my hands with a paper towel in the public restroom THEN I air-dried them as it was cold out! Woe is me 
I destroyed a TREE and did not conserve electricity! 
