California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose official place of work is in the Northern California city of Sacramento, reportedly spends nearly every night in his Los Angeles-area mansion.
The distance between the two cities is about 360 miles one way!
The governor uses his own money to pay for his Gulfstream flights, which price out at about $10,000 an hour. But, the environmental costs are high. Flying TO AND FROM WORK is not very ecologically sound!
The governor's staff says he purchases "carbon credits." Such credits are aimed at offsetting the greenhouse gases generated by his flights but do nothing about the particulates and smog-forming compounds released into the air.
The reason the Governator gives for the 'commute'? It's so he can spend time with his family. Admirable but can't the family move up to Sacramento?
Arnold recently made the cover of Newsweek for being 'green'.
The distance between the two cities is about 360 miles one way!
The governor uses his own money to pay for his Gulfstream flights, which price out at about $10,000 an hour. But, the environmental costs are high. Flying TO AND FROM WORK is not very ecologically sound!
The governor's staff says he purchases "carbon credits." Such credits are aimed at offsetting the greenhouse gases generated by his flights but do nothing about the particulates and smog-forming compounds released into the air.
The reason the Governator gives for the 'commute'? It's so he can spend time with his family. Admirable but can't the family move up to Sacramento?
Arnold recently made the cover of Newsweek for being 'green'.
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