Coen Brothers’ TV Spot on “Clean Coal”

On March 2nd, 2009

The Coen brothers tell us like it should be told, sarcastic and witty with a strong punch.  Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen poke fun at the coal industry’s attempt to tell the public that coal is clean. 

According to the Los Angeles Times, the commercial started airing Thursday, February 26 because coal industry is trying to persuade Americans that coal is part of the solution, not part of the problem. It has formed a trade group known as the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, spending $18 million so far on television spots touting coal’s abundance and the efforts being made to clean up this fuel, a major emitter of the greenhouse gases that are changing the Earth’s climate.

I read the article from the LA Times and had to chuckle at the coalition’s attempt to convince us that coal is a “cleaner energy option” because the coal industry has installed pollution-control equipment while working on the next innovation: carbon sequestration to capture carbon dioxide, so it doesn’t release out into the environment. 
Check out the website This is Reality.

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