What an Eventful Earth Day So far

This Year’s Earth-Day festivities include many things around the United States.  I myself have five cars outside idling, but that pales in comparison to what’s going on in the Gulf of Mexico or what President Obama is doing.

Burning oil rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico from CNN:

An oil rig that was burning in the Gulf of Mexico for more than a day after an explosion has sunk, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.

Lt. Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau of the Coast Guard announced this latest development as an aerial search resumed for 11 workers who have been missing since the explosion on the rig Tuesday night off the Louisiana coast.

Crude oil was leaking from the rig at the rate of about 8,000 barrels per day, Coast Guard Petty Officer Ashley Butler said. The Coast Guard also is preparing for possible leaks of up to 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel but can do little to protect the environment until the fire is out, Butler said.

Wow, that’s pretty Epic.  Good thing we’re not allowed to drill in Alaska, because you know… getting oil from the ocean is so safe and efficient.

Then there is President Obama out-doing me for gallons burned to celebrate Earth Day.  He did this last year, but this time he gets help from Joe while crippling New York City in the process:

The parallel visits of Air Force One (a 747/VC-25 aircraft) and Air Force Two (a 757/C-32A aircraft) will delay dozens, if not hundreds of commercial flights at Kennedy and LaGuardia and other nearby airports as no-fly zones are implemented. Jets will be forced to circle and burn more fuel as they wait for the VIPs to come and go. Their security contingents consisting of dozens of cars, SUVs and helicopters will burn even more. Throw in thousands of commuters’ cars and delivery trucks sitting idle in traffic as law enforcement closes large swaths of the city and you have yourself a very Earth-unfriendly day.

Keep up the good work guys.  You do us here at the Church of Global Warming proud.