Obama’s Hybrid Was An Outlier

Before Barak Obama ran for President, he drove a Chrysler 300C, a large American sedan which gets 16mpg City/25mpg Highway.  When he became a Presidential candidate, he decided to put forth a happy environmental face by buying a Ford Escape Hybrid, which gets 34 City/31 Highway.  In a couple months, however, Obama will revert to gas-guzzler form when he takes office and gets a vehicle which only looks fuel-efficient compared to an Abrams main battle tank.

Obama’s presidential ride, dubbed “Cadillac One,” will reportedly be a mammoth, custom-made Cadillac limo built like a GMC truck that sits on 19 -inch wheels. The vehicle will also have 5-inch-thick bulletproof windows, cell phone-jamming gear and blast-proof armor.

Unlike most cars, the Presidential limo doesn’t have a weight-saving unibody construction.

U.S. News and World Report reported that the vehicle shares “the same chassis and tires” as a GMC 2500 series truck, “indicating that it is far heavier than a civilian Cadillac.”

Obama’s Cadillac will be the thirstiest Presidential limousine yet.  Chances are that Obama will be putting far more mileage in the limo than he ever did in his hybrid.

Remember this the next time Obama tells the country of the need to reduce America’s thirst for oil.

Gore To Obama: GFY

Barack Obama promised to create a White House “Climate Czar” position for Chicken Little protégé Al Gore back in April, but Gore isn’t interested in the postion.

“Former Vice President Gore does not intend to seek or accept any formal position in government,” Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said. “He feels very strong right now that the best thing for him to do is to build support for the bold changes that we have to make to solve the climate crisis.”

Government positions don’t pay as much as international climate crusader roles do, so Gore would probably have a hard time paying for the extravagant lifestyle he has been accustomed to, let alone the “carbon offsets” required to protect the world from Gore’s consumption.