[some_guy282]

"I'd like to help save the environment, but I can't give up my car. That's like asking someone to give up chocolate. It's not going to happen." - paraphrased from a woman speaking in a BP comercial.

I wanted to laugh and cry when I saw this. But mostly, I wanted to pull the woman out of the TV and beat her to death. God forbid we give up our cars to help save the environment, I mean - cars are like chocolate! And you know how much we all need chocolate, right? Our need for chocolate is right up there with air and water. So if cars are like chocolate, I guess that logicailly means we need cars like we need water and air too.

I'm wondering what the exact rational is behind putting that line from an "average joe" in the comercial. Is it supposed to be funny? Of course the rest of the "average joes" watching the comercial agree with the sentiment, which is sad.

Who still thinks that Americans will sacrifice their cars (and their chocolate!) when the time comes?

[Cola-Is-Petroleum]

That is pretty sad, I have to admit. But she is a product of her culture. Her self-indulgent, co-dependent, undisciplined, selfish, short-sighted culture.

[holmes]

when the time comes you will not go to prison after shooting these types. Youll know when that time comes. the cops will have too much on their hands. A discreet slaughter and house burn will just go by the wayside. Keep it quiet and youll be smooth. . I will have no problem ignoring these types screams of pity and whinning.

[JohnDenver]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', 'I')'m wondering what the exact rational is behind putting that line from an "average joe" in the comercial. Is it supposed to be funny? Of course the rest of the "average joes" watching the comercial agree with the sentiment, which is sad.

[JohnDenver]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('holmes', 'w')hen the time comes you will not go to prison after shooting these types. Youll know when that time comes. the cops will have too much on their hands. A discreet slaughter and house burn will just go by the wayside. Keep it quiet and youll be smooth. . I will have no problem ignoring these types screams of pity and whinning.

[Granny-May]

These are the people I worry about and mourn before their misery. I know many who will be able to make the transition, but many, many more who will suffer for their inability or unwillingness to accept that the way we live must change.

Cornucopian idealogy only keeps these innocents in the dark.

ps- my husband and i share one Ford Focus and both work mainly from home.

[JohnDenver]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Granny-May', 'p')s- my husband and i share one Ford Focus and both work mainly from home.

[BiGG]

So I take it I’m not making any friends here by thinking about replacing my 320 HP sedan with the new 440 HP version just because it’s the coolest?

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', 'W')ould it be any better if you put Aaron in the commercial with his SUV, saying "Petroleum depletion is deadly serious business. But, hey, you gotta have a car if you live in Houston"? Or Monte blathering on about the devasted environment, but claiming he needs his Mazda Miata to get to work? Or Rincewind saying: "Damn right I've got a car, and I use it. You can't escape from unsustainable practices in the modern world, so why bother?"

[savethehumans]

I saw the ad. I stared at it for a minute. It didn't go away. So I realized that it was for real. Did a double-take. Rolled my eyes. Turned to the next page of the magazine I was reading, musing "What's the USE?!" to myself.

They could've REALLY gone into Bizarro Zone, though, if the woman had said, "But I can't give up my car! It'd be like giving up my credit cards!" At least they'd have been closer to the crux of the matter!

[jato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'w')hen the time comes you will not go to prison after shooting these types. Youll know when that time comes. the cops will have too much on their hands. A discreet slaughter and house burn will just go by the wayside. Keep it quiet and youll be smooth. . I will have no problem ignoring these types screams of pity and whinning.

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', '
')Would it be any better if you put Aaron in the commercial with his SUV, saying "Petroleum depletion is deadly serious business. But, hey, you gotta have a car if you live in Houston"? Or Monte blathering on about the devasted environment, but claiming he needs his Mazda Miata to get to work? Or Rincewind saying: "Damn right I've got a car, and I use it. You can't escape from unsustainable practices in the modern world, so why bother?"

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'w')hen the time comes you will not go to prison after shooting these types. Youll know when that time comes. the cops will have too much on their hands. A discreet slaughter and house burn will just go by the wayside. Keep it quiet and youll be smooth. . I will have no problem ignoring these types screams of pity and whinning.

[JohnDenver]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', 'W')ould it be any better if you put Aaron in the commercial with his SUV, saying "Petroleum depletion is deadly serious business. But, hey, you gotta have a car if you live in Houston"? Or Monte blathering on about the devasted environment, but claiming he needs his Mazda Miata to get to work? Or Rincewind saying: "Damn right I've got a car, and I use it. You can't escape from unsustainable practices in the modern world, so why bother?"

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', 'W')ow! That's way more effective than the original ad. Powerful. The pregnant lady angle is genius! Nothing like a pregnant lady to soften up the viewer emotionally. You should contact BP and pitch the idea. They pay top dollar for material like that.

[Granny-May]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Granny-May', 'p')s- my husband and i share one Ford Focus and both work mainly from home.

[bobcousins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', '
')Would it be any better if you put Aaron in the commercial with his SUV, saying "Petroleum depletion is deadly serious business. But, hey, you gotta have a car if you live in Houston"? Or Monte blathering on about the devasted environment, but claiming he needs his Mazda Miata to get to work? Or Rincewind saying: "Damn right I've got a car, and I use it. You can't escape from unsustainable practices in the modern world, so why bother?"

[ArimoDave]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BiGG', 'S')o I take it I’m not making any friends here by thinking about replacing my 320 HP sedan with the new 440 HP version just because it’s the coolest?

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobcousins', '
')Yours is a load of hypocritical BS. It might make you feel good to denigrate the little people, but you don't even set an example for them to follow.

"Calm down dear, it's just a commercial"

[Wildwell]

You'll never get 95% of people out of there cars 'to save the environment', they aren’t capable of thinking that big. You ought to hear the pro-roads lobby over here atm over proposals for road charging, they seen nothing wrong with 16 lane roads, knocking everything down just to stick more roads in and giving everything over to car parking.

No thought for where all this might be heading, you would think it was all based on renewable fuels with nil pollution.

I guess it's a measure of our selfishness, no doubt some higher power or our own actions will snub out human civilisation as it fails all the tests in care for its environment and fellow man, almost like someone spraying a fly as it because a nuisance or runs out of pig shit to land on. Enjoy it while you can.