LeBron’s footprint extra big

LeBron James is electing to have an enormous carbon footprint in the 35,440-square-foot home he is having built outside Akron, Ohio.

No word yet whether James plans to buy environmental penance through the purchase of carbon offsets, the approach of Al Gore, the green movement’s high priest who delivers his sermons from the don’t-do-as-I-do, do-as-I-say pulpit.

James is opting to indulge in his fantasies with his dream castle. It will come with a bowling alley, casino, theater, recording studio, barber shop, aquarium, sports bar, outdoor swimming pool and six-car garage. Why he left out a shopping mall is anyone’s guess.

A first-floor master suite will feature a walk-in, two-story closet. The suite will be about 40 feet wide and 56 feet long, which is larger than half the homes in the township.

All this just goes to show you that the wealthy do not behave or think like the masses, which perhaps explains the disconnect among the sky-is-falling cacklers.

James, of course, has the money to build whatever he likes, which is the conundrum and the hypocrisy before Gore and many of his disciples.

John Travolta recently sounded the global-warming refrain while promoting his new flick, “Wild Hogs.” He asked his fans to cut their carbon emissions and make the sort of sacrifices that apparently are beyond his grasp.

He made this curious plea after showing up to the red carpet on a Harley Davidson, that noted beacon of energy conservation.

Travolta using a Harley Davidson as a prop is the least of his environmental problems.

Travolta, after all, owns five planes and a home in Florida that comes with a runway.

Travolta suggests he is in no position to fly commercial because of the demands of the movie business, which is the last refuge of the hypocritical.

You see, their personal needs are somehow more important than yours.

Besides, they can pay to have a few trees planted or invest in wind/solar energy projects, which washes away their environmental sins.

That self-serving thought process could work for the person who picks up trash and spare tires along the shore of a river after dumping a quart of motor oil into the water.

That is wrongly assuming that one good deed cleanses a bad one.

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