Posted by
Catmman on Monday, January 19, 2009 11:40:32 AM
The 600 private jets expected to fly visitors to and from the event will produce 25,320,000 POUNDS of CO2
Personal vehicles could account for 262,483,200 POUNDS of CO2
In the parade, horses alone will produce more than 400 POUNDS of CO2
The total carbon footprint for the Inauguration will likely exceed 575 million POUNDS of CO2
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
Keep this in mind when Obama, or his new appointees to Energy and EPA, start to pontificate about how you must reduce your carbon footprint.