The jet-setter

As Glenn Reynolds likes to say, this Administration better not say anything about me needing to 'reduce my carbon footprint.'

Last year Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.
At an Air Force-estimated cost of $181,757 per flight hour (not to mention the additional travel costs of Marine One, Secret Service, logistics and local police overtime), that's a lot of frequent flier dollars going into the president's carbon footprint.
We are privy to some of these numbers thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller, a bearded national treasure trove of presidential stats. According to Knoller's copious notes, during the last year Obama made 65 domestic trips over 104 days and six trips to eight countries over 22 days. Not counting six vacation trips over 32 days.
He took 196 helicopter trips, signed 203 pieces of legislation and squeezed in 29 rounds of left-handed golf.

On the other hand, considering the cold, blizzard-y winter we've been having, maybe he's doing his bit to encourage global warming. No... wait... they say it's cold because of global warming...

Whatever...