Comments on: Pepsi Drops Super Bowl Ads in Favor of Cause Marketing http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/04/pepsi-drops-super-bowl-ads-in-favor-of-cause-marketing/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Gieseke http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/04/pepsi-drops-super-bowl-ads-in-favor-of-cause-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-432144 Tim Gieseke Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:30 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=29580#comment-432144 I think the point is that our Earth is a factory the produces many things for our high standard of living that many of us enjoy. Just like any other man-made factory, the Earth just won't continually produce miraculously, it has to be managed by people at some level. We can't control most things on this Earth factory, but we can affect its capacity to produce in many areas. So let's be kinda selfish and keep it functioning to the level that makes us happy, or if not happy, at least more comfortable. Its just simple economics disguised as the ecology - nothing warm and fuzzy about it. I think the point is that our Earth is a factory the produces many things for our high standard of living that many of us enjoy. Just like any other man-made factory, the Earth just won’t continually produce miraculously, it has to be managed by people at some level. We can’t control most things on this Earth factory, but we can affect its capacity to produce in many areas. So let’s be kinda selfish and keep it functioning to the level that makes us happy, or if not happy, at least more comfortable. Its just simple economics disguised as the ecology – nothing warm and fuzzy about it.

]]> By: Raphael http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/04/pepsi-drops-super-bowl-ads-in-favor-of-cause-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-172798 Raphael Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:42:31 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=29580#comment-172798 Well-said Mark! I totally agree. We need more people in this country to wake up before it's too late to save our life, freedom, security (and I'll add prosperity). Well-said Mark! I totally agree.
We need more people in this country to wake up before it’s too late to save our life, freedom, security (and I’ll add prosperity).

]]> By: mark http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/04/pepsi-drops-super-bowl-ads-in-favor-of-cause-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-172568 mark Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:59:40 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=29580#comment-172568 NFL = New Fangled Liberals...one of the last bastions for real men has just about succumbed to the mind numbing media mantra to fall in line an be politically correct. Think about it people. If they actually used solar, wind, and geothermal to "completely power" the 2008 Super Bowl in Glendale, AZ then there were no GHG emissions. And thus nothing to "offset". So let's ponder that some more. Hmmmmm? I wonder??? Did they actually use the local base power supply from the dirty, rotten, scum bag, polluting coal and nuclear generating plants to drive all those stadium lights, scoreboards, glitzy electronics, food preparation equipment, air handling systems, TV and radio broadcast equipment, and God knows what else? And then did they buy those magical pieces of paper which says their money went towards planting a tree, or that it purchased power which was generated by the afforementioned renewable sources? Or did they just roll the dice and pray for the right amount of wind and sun and hope it all went off without a glitch (even after dark)? But it's OK to play this game, because it makes everybody feel good. And it's been blessed by hypocrites like Al Gore, who buys this phony feel good paper (from his own companies) to "offset" the hundreds of thousands of pounds of CO2 that his mansion, motorcades, and private Jet constantly spew out? You see - it's OK for him (and the "right people") to live like that. But you hick peasants just listen up, do as he prescribes, and keep voting for who he tells you is pure. The only hope left for this country is that political correctness finally runs it's course and goes out of style much like the hippie culture of the 60's. When it is finally seen as the vain, baseless movement that it is - which is ultimately damaging to our freedom - then we will have had enough. That pivot will likely be driven by a generation of yet to come of age youngsters. They will see everything clearly because they won't be invested in the "religion" of the movement (and thus won't have to repudiate their own actions and existence). The reality (i.e data) will show all of the rubes to have been the truly and deservedly embarrased idiots of their day. And I'm actually a supporter of all these renewables - as well as everything else that generates power. The sooner we can ignore foreign oil producers, the better! But not at the expense of our way of life, our freedom, and our security. NFL = New Fangled Liberals…one of the last bastions for real men has just about succumbed to the mind numbing media mantra to fall in line an be politically correct. Think about it people. If they actually used solar, wind, and geothermal to “completely power” the 2008 Super Bowl in Glendale, AZ then there were no GHG emissions. And thus nothing to “offset”.

So let’s ponder that some more. Hmmmmm? I wonder??? Did they actually use the local base power supply from the dirty, rotten, scum bag, polluting coal and nuclear generating plants to drive all those stadium lights, scoreboards, glitzy electronics, food preparation equipment, air handling systems, TV and radio broadcast equipment, and God knows what else?

And then did they buy those magical pieces of paper which says their money went towards planting a tree, or that it purchased power which was generated by the afforementioned renewable sources? Or did they just roll the dice and pray for the right amount of wind and sun and hope it all went off without a glitch (even after dark)?

But it’s OK to play this game, because it makes everybody feel good. And it’s been blessed by hypocrites like Al Gore, who buys this phony feel good paper (from his own companies) to “offset” the hundreds of thousands of pounds of CO2 that his mansion, motorcades, and private Jet constantly spew out? You see – it’s OK for him (and the “right people”) to live like that. But you hick peasants just listen up, do as he prescribes, and keep voting for who he tells you is pure.

The only hope left for this country is that political correctness finally runs it’s course and goes out of style much like the hippie culture of the 60′s. When it is finally seen as the vain, baseless movement that it is – which is ultimately damaging to our freedom – then we will have had enough.

That pivot will likely be driven by a generation of yet to come of age youngsters. They will see everything clearly because they won’t be invested in the “religion” of the movement (and thus won’t have to repudiate their own actions and existence). The reality (i.e data) will show all of the rubes to have been the truly and deservedly embarrased idiots of their day.

And I’m actually a supporter of all these renewables – as well as everything else that generates power. The sooner we can ignore foreign oil producers, the better! But not at the expense of our way of life, our freedom, and our security.

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