Travolta Denounces Global Warming, Flies 5 Private Jets

His serious aviation habit means he is hardly the best person to lecture others on the environment. But John Travolta went ahead and did it anyway.

--ThisIsLondon

The 53-year-old actor, a passionate pilot, encouraged his fans to "do their bit" to tackle global warming.

You gotta love leftists, particularly the Hollywood variety. Like John Travolta. We rather like Travolta as an actor. But as an eco-freak, he runs into the kind of cognitive dissonance common to filthy rich politicoes and entertainers who indulge in whatever amuses them while demanding that we take responsibility and pick up the bill. It never even occurs to them that there might be a whiff of hypocrisy in this. Used to uncritical admiration and adulation from the media whenever they denounce global warming or Chimpy BushMcHitler, they answer to no one as they blithely promote dangerous socialist propaganda until it becomes, well, an "inconvenient truth."

Meanwhile, Travolta gets a pass from having to deal with an "inconvenient truth" of his own:

But although he readily admitted: "I fly jets", he failed to mention he actually owns five, along with his own private runway.

Clocking up at least 30,000 flying miles in the past 12 months means he has produced an estimated 800 tons of carbon emissions – nearly 100 times the average Briton's tally.

Travolta made his comments this week at the British premiere of his movie, Wild Hogs.

He spoke of the importance of helping the environment by using "alternative methods of fuel" – after driving down the red carpet on a Harley Davidson.

Hey, we can't make this stuff up. Don't believe us? Check out this overhead photo of just a part of Travolta's aircraft collection, parked at his pad in Florida:



Not to worry, though. John has a solution to his dilemma—and ours:

Travolta, a Scientologist, claimed the solution to global warming could be found in outer space and blamed his hefty flying mileage on the nature of the movie business...

"It [global warming] is a very valid issue," Travolta declared. "I'm wondering if we need to think about other planets and dome cities.

Not for nothing does the right-wing blogosphere label dudes like this "moonbats." (Etymology here for latecomers.)

Reminds us of this line from e. e. cummings:

...listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go