"Green Is Universal" - It's Back

[DToTheJ]

Last night, I sampled some of the Patriots/Steelers game on NBC's Sunday Night Football. I noticed that the NBC "peacock" logo on the bottom of the screen was green. And I immediately knew what that means...
http://www.multichannel.com/article/459870-Green_Is_Keen_Across_NBCU_s_Portfolio_This_Week.php

I wonder if this campaign is one of the first things to be cut when Comcast merges with NBCU.

 

[Bengalsfan]

I wonder if this campaign is one of the first things to be cut when Comcast merges with NBCU.

One can only hope. Did they turn the studio lights off again for the halftime show? Stupid, feel good actions like this is why I really refuse to watch NBC's coverage of just about anything. Their Sunday Night Football presentations are particularly annoying.

 

[kenglish]

Just don't use those "green" light bulbs...the RFI is terrible.

 

[MarcB]

Why draw attention to something so stupid? Beside the new Giants stadium in Jersey went green yesterday as well due to a power failure. :

 

[byron]

I wonder if this campaign is one of the first things to be cut when Comcast merges with NBCU.

Comcast is pushing EcoBill (paperless billing initiative) branding towards cable customers so who knows.

 

[DToTheJ]

... the new Giants stadium in Jersey went green yesterday as well due to a power failure. :

How hilarious would that be if NBC carried yesterday's Giants/Cowboys game... and the Giants "went green" in their own way, as you mentioned...

 

[Robnoxious]

There's NBC for ya.

Nothing
But
Causes

 

[FreddyE1977]

NBC/Universal is GE, and GE has billions tied-up in green energy research, and needs public
opinion plus favorable government policy in order to turn them into rivers of cash for their stockholders.

Unfortunately the recent change in the composition of Congress, plus public opinion in the wake
of the East Anglia global warming scandal, are beginning to make this look like a long shot.
Witness all of the derogatory comments on here about CFL light bulbs.

 

[BRNout]

NBC/Universal is GE, and GE has billions tied-up in green energy research, and needs public
opinion plus favorable government policy in order to turn them into rivers of cash for their stockholders.

Unfortunately the recent change in the composition of Congress, plus public opinion in the wake
of the East Anglia global warming scandal, are beginning to make this look like a long shot.
Witness all of the derogatory comments on here about CFL light bulbs.

Just to emphasize your above point, the only "green" stuff that GE and many other companies are truly concerned with is CASH. Let me explain: GE has a lot of money invested in so-called 'green' technologies and the various federal incentives which require/subsidize the installation of green technologies. When the feds pay a lot of money to large utilities if they cover umpteen square miles of land with ugly wind turbines, it's GE who profits the most because they build the turbines. Same goes for solar, CFL's, etc. Their fingers are in all of it.

Now, there's nothing wrong with working with these 'green' technologies. It certainly doesn't hurt for us to diversify our energy portfolio. But let's not be fooled either. This is all about the manipulation of public opinion toward a viewpoint that favors GE's bottom line.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Wait til' Earth day! March 2011! 8) That'll be something!
If you think NBC's going all out now...

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Witness all of the derogatory comments on here about CFL light bulbs.

I'll give you another one: the only way you're going to take my incandescent 60-watt
light bulbs is if you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Stock up now!

 

[jsu5381m]

If NBC wants to do any pat on the back good job actions for Green Is Universal week, have Kermit the Frog guest star on Jay Leno.

 

[Talk_Dude]

I wonder if this campaign is one of the first things to be cut when Comcast merges with NBCU.

Comcast is pushing EcoBill (paperless billing initiative) branding towards cable customers so who knows.

Yeah, and today their website is down and can't retrieve account information to pay cable bills!

 

[azumanga]

Comcast is pushing EcoBill (paperless billing initiative) branding towards cable customers so who knows.

Call me a square, but I still prefer paper bills to paying online.

Wait til' Earth day! March 2011! 8) That'll be something!
If you think NBC's going all out now...

Of course, I wonder why NBC is doing this now? Having it once a year around Earth Day is one thing, but twice a year, with the second in November, is kind of pointless, isn't it?

 

[FreddyE1977]

I wonder if this campaign is one of the first things to be cut when Comcast merges with NBCU.

Comcast is pushing EcoBill (paperless billing initiative) branding towards cable customers so who knows.

Yeah, and today their website is down and can't retrieve account information to pay cable bills!

If I handled my billing the way Comcast does, I would not want any hard-copy proof
to exist either! ;D

 

[vchimpanzee]

Witness all of the derogatory comments on here about CFL light bulbs.

I'll give you another one: the only way you're going to take my incandescent 60-watt
light bulbs is if you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Stock up now!

I buy some every time I go to the hardware store. I should buy them at the grocery store too. The problem is I like 40-watt, and 60-watt is as low as some brands of theirs go. 60-watt bulbs tend to not do well in my house.

The CFLs in one bathroom are fine. They don't produce enough light to begin with, which wasn't a problem when I first put them in. I only use them because the power compnay sent everyone six free ones.

The other bathroom has tube fluorescent, which I'd like to change because those things are a pain. I leave it on all night because I can't be sure it'll actually come on when I need it to.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Call me a square, but I still prefer paper bills to paying online.

I've never paid online. Unless I was dealing with drugstore.com or another web site, which I rarely do. And even then I used a credit card which I pay in person.

 

[DToTheJ]

I pay bills online - but only on my work computer (not when I'm on the clock, of course)... While I have many precautions on my home computer, there's a heck of a lot of things going on, as well...

 

[landtuna]

Comcast is pushing EcoBill (paperless billing initiative) branding towards cable customers so who knows.

Every major public utility, city utility, bank and financial house has been pushing paperless billing/reporting for several years here. Until several months ago my electric provider gave a $1/month discount for paying by automatic withdrawal and most other businesses have ways facilitating paying electronically rather than by check/mail.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

The problem is I like 40-watt, and 60-watt is as low as some brands of theirs go. 60-watt bulbs tend to not do well in my house.

Hey, you're saving 20 watts! You ought to get some award from Al Gore for that. ;D