That sounds like a totally backwards message... Neat!

Reddy Kilowatt's evil twin!... or actually just his twin! They're both evil.

This is hilarious!

I read recently about a plan approved by some local or state government where the power company can come into your home, replace all of your light bulbs with compact florescent bulbs, charge you twice the market price for them, and then, to add insult to injury, charge you extra because they now have a loss of revenue due to your reduced electrical use.

I wonder if the conservatives would cry as much over violation of the individuals freedom as they would about other things.

That was FirstEnergy in Cleveland back in 2009. You had to pay for the lights but you didn't have to use them. Sad thing though is they cost more than what you would save in the reduction of electricity. They just revised and passed it again in march. This time the whole program is optional. You still have to pay more a month for using less electricity. I saw some people have to pay near 20 dollars for gas even though they never used any.

Just another reason we were better off with a true free market and frown on the government from getting in the way of competitive pricing.

That's a load of bad shit there, maxgoof.
But that corporate mentality as well: why should innovation and conservation get in the way of a healthy profit margin and stock prices? let's have some priorities here, people.

I have to admire its candour.

I suppose.

Maybe. :)













Mark

The power company's kinda passive aggressive, dang.

I could almost believe this from some magazine, circa 1959 or 1961, when consumption wsa Good.

Big Bill looks like he might be related to Beaky Buzzard. :)

I'm surprised the power companies haven't adopted this Mascot already. (Well... Can those "Squiggly" Compact Fluorescents be made to look "Cute?")

Let's go back to caves, guys! That way we will safe enough electricity for all the rain forests be happy x3