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15 April 08

GE: Coal Never Looked So Sexy

Forget "clean coal." Energy giant General Electric thinks coal is downright sexy.

This "coal-is-so-clean-its-sexy ad" was pulled by General Electric a while back, but it goes to show just how far some will go to sell clean coal.

Strange choice of music for the ad -  "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis is a song about the misery of coal mining.

 

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I've got a much better

Paul S - Tue, 2008-04-15 12:13

I've got a much better impression of coal after watching that ad. :)

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Interesting sponsors/properties

Steve L - Tue, 2008-04-15 13:47

I noticed the NBC peacock among other logos at the end of the GE ad. Tim Russert avoids AGW on his show -- coincidence? A very quick google returns some results indicating that GE is thought by AGW-deniers to make a lot of money from emissions reductions, and that NBC is a vehicle promoting emissions reductions. Looks like opposed opinions on GE/NBC is old news....

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Didn't I see something...

James Glave - Tue, 2008-04-15 16:09

...like this in "Zoolander"? Oh, right. That was a parody.

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What about THE CHILDREN?!!!!

rob - Tue, 2008-04-15 18:08

"This "coal-is-so-clean-its-sexy ad" was pulled by General Electric a while back, but it goes to show just how far some will go to sell clean coal."

Yeah, imagine that! Someone actually making a TV commercial, of all things -- just to advertise something?

Tsk-tsk. What is the world coming to?

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Someone should make a TV ad

Frank Bi - Wed, 2008-04-16 12:07

Someone should make a TV ad that sells nukes.

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