From today's Wall Street Journal Online:
Wide-Flying Moguls:
Google Duo's New Jet
Is a Boeing 767-200On the road, Sergey Brin and Larry Page have owned environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius. In the air, they apparently prefer something roomier.
Google Inc.'s two billionaire founders, both 32 years old, will soon be cruising the skies in a Boeing 767 wide-body airliner. They bought the used plane earlier this year, Mr. Page says.
The 767-200, typically an airline workhorse, is an unusual executive jet. It commonly carries about 180 passengers. Delta Air Lines operates over one hundred 767s. The Italian Air Force has ordered a modified 767 as an airborne tanker for refueling military jets. The 767-200 is almost 70% longer and more than three times as heavy as a conventional executive jet, such as a high-end Gulfstream.
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The purchase of a wide-body jet for personal use might seem at odds with the Google founders' support for environmental causes.
Gee, ya think?
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS: ENVIRONMENTALIST HYPOCRISY(?)
Posted by: http://www.smiracle.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=994466&extra= | September 27, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Shoot! I would have loved to join you with this. Maybe you can bring all your projects to my house one Saturday or Sunday, and have a tecnhiag session with us gals who didn't sign up. What do you think? Remind me next year!
Posted by: Nicober | November 29, 2012 at 05:34 PM
They could purchase carbon credits to offset the emissions from their flights.
Posted by: John Pierre | July 11, 2006 at 12:25 PM