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Yes Men Solve the Climate Crisis: Soylent Green

Mr.NoMo — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:50:45 EDT

@ xenth:

"The problem isn't the companies. Its the lack of real alternatives."

Don't you think that the big massively wealthy oil companies might be a tiny bit responsible for the lack of alternatives?
Haven't they been lobbying against alternative power sources in Washington for years and years?

We are obviously dependent on oil but I believe it was greed and lack of civic responsibility from these big oil companies that got us there.

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Angiol — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:15:22 EDT

While I do think that this is cool, I do wonder about whether this might constitute fraud or defamation of character.

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synergy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:08:11 EDT

@snowferret: but... oil is recycled animals. :)

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snowferret — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:38:44 EDT

Oh good god I'm glad they weren't serious. I was starting to feel sick reading that.

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xenth — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:37:42 EDT

@RichAndFoolish: Sadly true. There isn't a person reading this post who did not absolutely rely on oil to have gotten to where they are now.

Even if hydrogen transportation was free and everywhere, that still leaves 70% of our needs unfulfilled. The problem isn't the companies. Its the lack of real alternatives.

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Bay State Darren — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:30:32 EDT

I wanna know, were their pet politicians there? More importantly was Michael Moore there?

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JustThisGuy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:59:51 EDT

@RichAndFoolish: Your sociopathy and borderline psychosis is truly, truly frightening.

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RichAndFoolish — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:37:44 EDT

Here's a hint: Despite bureaucratic interference that would make Richelieu cry, despite near universal public hostility that is mindless and completely unjustified, oil companies make our life, itself, possible and wonderful.

No one forces you to buy oil products. You give your money because you "need" or want the value.

Those two scum spread lies with impunity.
They should be tried for slander and treason and then executed.

Think about it. If those two scum get their way, we would have no way to feed, cloth, employ, or shelter the current population (which is what those nihilists truly want). They are trying to KILL you and your family. They should and their supporters should die.

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bohemian — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:53:27 EDT

How sick is the world when I totally believed Exxon would find this an ethical business practice. How can I get these guys to infiltrate our state legislature? :-)

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oldhat — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:25:19 EDT

They should be paid for their time, for livening up an otherwise terribly dull meeting.

Also for outing the idiots who organized the meeting.

Of course humans have a long history of using the flash of dead animals for energy. Usually not human flesh, though.

That would be sick. Like feeding dead animals to cows, who are by nature vegetarian, because it is cheaper than feeding them proper food.

We are lucky there are no superior life forms we have to contend with. [cue x-files theme music]

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pestie — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:53:48 EDT

I'm not sure if the Yes Men were aware of this, but thermal depolymerization technology makes this entirely feasible.

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ninjapoodles — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:58:17 EDT

Still not as gross as the one they did for McDonald's..."recycled hamburgers."

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s0crates82 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:13:54 EDT

schvitzatura says:

Combine Swift's A Modest Proposal with the sensibilities of Fight Club...beautiful!

The place in the river where the by-product of Vivoleum is processed might just be good for washing your clothes...

...and your SUV's will be powered by the blood of heroes.

Sounds so romantic it makes me want to f__ing puke. Three cheers to the YesMen.

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SurrenderMonkey — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:03:19 EDT

phew, i was afraid i'd have to postpone that suv purchase due to high gas prices...

haha sorry,i couldn't resist

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schvitzatura — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:57:00 EDT

Combine Swift's A Modest Proposal with the sensibilities of Fight Club...beautiful!

The place in the river where the by-product of Vivoleum is processed might just be good for washing your clothes...

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BillyShears — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:12:45 EDT

I'm terrified at the fact that I fully believed this was real until I got to the bottom.

(Yes, I do think oil companies are THAT evil.)

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TheSlate — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:05:23 EDT

If only it were true. It's not like dead bodies contain people anymore. Some people want their ashes dumped from a hot air balloon, and maybe some would like to be used for fuel and turned into green house gases.

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ravuya — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:03:41 EDT

It's amazing he can keep a straight face.

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aparsons — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:58:03 EDT

That's not very funny... corporations are people, too!

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ShadeWalker — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:56:13 EDT

soylent oil sounds like a amazing viable source of energy for our oil starved nation.

this is great progress!

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catnapped — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:43:35 EDT

Wow-I wonder how much oil could be rendered from dead CEOs?

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tigerjade — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:34:26 EDT

Remember when you could read something and NOT think to yourself, "I wonder if they ever did that in The Onion?"

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mikyrok — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:32:11 EDT

Is it sad that while reading this I didn't doubt for a second that Exxon-Mobile was actually researching and implementing this?

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llanim — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:29:19 EDT

The URL should be theyesmen.org

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b612markt — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:53:21 EDT

Truly awesome - I wish I could have been there.

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