Comments on: The Green Police (Audi Super Bowl Commercial)

By: GeorgeS

GeorgeS — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:08:19 +0000

It was a bad ad. Lighten up. Somebody might be fired unless sales go up.

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:09 +0000

I loved the ad. I went and test drove one… LOVED it.

Just because Global Warming has been outed as a hoax doesn’t mean we shouldn’t conserve in the interest of conservation of resources.

I’m buying the Audi TDI.

By: Greg G

Greg G — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:45:11 +0000

Greenies should self terminate and help save the world by their selfless action! Anything less is pure hypocrisy on their part. Hear their great leader speak!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YCatox0Lxo&NR=1

By: JohnG

JohnG — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:03:33 +0000

No such thing as bad publicity! I think Audi played to the “green” controversy very nicely. Pretty much everyone with half a brain will acknowledge that we need to conserve. Having it crammed down my throat by some smug, jet setting liberal is what makes it fall flat. Al Gore was the worst thing that ever happened to the green movement, because it polarized it along political lines instead of presenting it as a sensible direction.

If you’re really that offended by a stupid car commercial, go outside and hug a tree on the way to work. I’ll be waiting at the office to console you and sign your paycheck.

By: fedupalready

fedupalready — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:58 +0000

I love all the, “I was disturbed,” or, “uncomfortable,” comments; it shows that the viewer can relate to the possibility that something like this is actually conceivable to them and they would not want to live in a place like that (and neither would I, but I still thought it was funny, because I can recognize satire when I see it.)

It was a great commercial. All the greenies can hate it if they want – file that hatred right next to their self-loathing.

By: Sean McCorkle

Sean McCorkle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:29:25 +0000

correction: that should read

automobiles waste HUNDREDS of times more energy than incandescent bulbs…

By: Sean McCorkle

Sean McCorkle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:17:53 +0000

Amanda@35

About 15 minutes or something like that. Honestly, I didn’t keep track.

Yeah its a only a commercial, but its part of a larger tapestry of a culture
that glorifies automobiles, which are possibly the worst aspect of modern
American consumption. And not just because they’re so environmentally
devastating, but because they waste so much energy, and THAT is a
national security issue.

That little back-of-the-envelope estimate was to support my point, which in retrospect
I should have stated more clearly: automobiles consume HUNDREDS of times
more energy than the incandescent bulbs which are all the rage these days.

Was it the unit of energy that set you off? Watts are defined as joules per second, thats what
determined the choice. Or is it estimate itself or the math? Personally, I wish more americans
would sit down and similarly survey their own energy usage. In any case, perhaps
The Ant and the Grasshopper better conveys the message?

By: DavidS

DavidS — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:34:23 +0000

Great stuff Audi. Amateur hour for both scientists and communicators is over. Let the informed public discourse begin. DaveS

By: Moptop

Moptop — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:16:13 +0000

“You have to pick one”

Really? Can you define fascism? Hint, the Wikipedia definition, last time I checked anyway, is wrong.

By: gillt

gillt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:47:56 +0000

Attn libertarian-leaners: is the environmental movement socialist or fascist? You have to pick one.