“Green” Gas? A not so Current look at BP’s HELIOS HOUSE
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“Green” Gas? A not so Current look at BP’s HELIOS HOUSE
This not so current clip from Current TV is an expanded look at British Petroleum’s Helios House in downtown Los Angeles. It’s a “green” gas station, built almost entirely of recycled or recyclable materials.
First off, if you’re not familiar with Current TV it’s certainly worth purchasing the satellite/cable tier that supplies it or check them out online.
The channel, which is essentially Youtube meets PBS meets MTV news circa 15 years ago, is a collection of “pods”, or short 3-5 minute clips that are created largely by viewers and users themselves.
Al Gore is credited with the creation of Current, but I swear I came up with the idea for a Current-like channel format years ago (I still have the napkin and everything). So if he gets to claim that he invented the Internet, then I’m telling people this channel was my idea.
But I digress…
Anyway, the video, right. Well certainly the effort and the message are quite novel, as for the (Alanis Morissette-esque) irony of a “green” gas station…
BP spokeswoman, Irina Filippova claims:
“Tomorrow’s technologies are not available to us yet… What we’re trying to do is take a small step today to improve our impact on the environment and educate our consumers about the small things they can do in their daily lives to be greener themselves.”
Sure, but did you see those bathrooms? Outrageous. When I use a public bathroom I expect to have to hold my breath and hopscotch around murky puddles, not walk into something that resembles a Viking kitchen/sushi bar.
Thanks, but no thanks BP.
