NP "This Is Oil -- This Is a No-Brainer on Oil"

[pynchonoid]

...somebody mentioned SUVs the other day:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-huff22oct22.story

"[...] So how about using the same shock tactics that
the administration uses in the drug war to confront
the public with the ultimate consequences of its
energy wastefulness. Imagine a soccer mom in a Ford
Excursion (11 mpg city, 15 mpg highway) saying, "I'm
building a nuclear bomb for Saddam Hussein." Or a mob
of solo drivers tootling down the freeway at 75 mph
shouting in unison: "We're buying weapons that will
kill American soldiers, Marines and sailors! Yahoo!"
Scott Burns, co-creator of the "Got Milk?" campaign,
already has two ad scripts ready to go.
The first one feels like an old Slim-Fast commercial.
Instead of "I lost 50 pounds in two weeks," the ad
cuts to different people in their sport utility
vehicles: "I gassed 40,000 Kurds," "I helped hijack an
airplane," "I helped blow up a nightclub," and then in
unison: "We did it all by driving to work in our
SUVs."
The second ad, which opens on a man at a gas station,
features a child's voice-over throughout: "This is
George." Then we see a close-up of a gas pump. "This
is the gas George buys for his car." Next we see a guy
in a suit. "This is the oil company executive who
makes money on the gas George buys." Close-up on Al
Qaeda training film footage: "This is the terrorist
organization supported by money from the country where
the oil company does business." It's followed by
footage of 9/11: "We all know what this is." And it
closes on a wide shot of bumper-to-bumper traffic:
"The biggest weapon of mass destruction is parked in
your driveway."
Can the administration seriously deny that oil dollars
finance a spreading slick of evil in the world today?
In Iraq, oil money has kept Hussein's repressive
regime afloat even in the midst of tough U.N.
sanctions.
In Saudi Arabia, our second-largest foreign supplier
of oil, the money spent at U.S. pumps pays for a
feudal monarchy that has gorged itself on excess while
supporting suicide bombers.
Even our close ally Kuwait, our 11th-largest oil
supplier, manifests an ambivalence toward the U.S.
that, if you accept the Bush administration's drug war
arguments about the validity of remote effects,
resulted in this month's assassination of an American
Marine while he was on a military exercise. Thank you,
Exxon.
Would it be so painful for us to slow down the
intravenous drip of oil that keeps these hideously
anti-American regimes alive? Some simple conservation
measures -- chief among them increasing our
fuel-efficiency -- would greatly reduce our dependence
on foreign oil. There are car companies with electric
and hybrid cars already on the market. And a little
pressure on our wasteful ways could unleash a new wave
of good old American inventiveness.
Bush Inc. has sided with the Enrons of the world to
stifle energy-saving technology and keep the U.S. in
an artificially prolonged state of dependence. Of
course, waiting for the Bush administration to get
religion on energy conservation would be about as
fruitful as waiting for Hussein to welcome U.S.
inspectors into his palaces. It ain't gonna happen.
Unless, that is, the public makes it happen."  


enjoy,

"pynchonoid"




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