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[fj]

Literal greening: British Gas sent me 4 free energy efficient light bulbs that make everything look green and sick.

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[nipper-dawg.livejournal.com]

Well Sir once you regain that british tan, instead of that sickly california brown skin, it may actually make things look good :)

[fj.livejournal.com]

With the SPF30 I slapped on every day there wasn't much tan to lose. And it was more like, the white walls looked sick. It made me nauseous.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Free, and worth every penny. And you'll pay for them in rates anyway.

[fj.livejournal.com]

Which is why I went to uswitch.co.uk, plugged in my numbers, and switched to the best offer the site found for me: Scottish Electric for both gas & electricity, a projected £180 reduction. Energy is deregulated here akin to landline phones in the US: fixed network administered by suppliers. It does lead to the ridiculous instances that the national registry does not know which meter belongs to who and suppliers get confused, something O have been dealing with for 6 months now.

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Green is the new Jaundice.

[chucknoblet.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it was intentional, to plant the seed that energy conservation leads to inferior quality of life :)

[urbear]

I stayed at the W hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York last night. The W chain has always valued form over function, and this one was no exception. The desk lamp was a new-fangled affair that consisted of a long transparent tube containing a row of LEDs; very chic, very green, and ALMOST functional. For some reason, rather than the garden-variety blue-white LEDs, these little guys glowed greenish-white. The effect was ghastly.

And don't even get me started on the big LCD TV that only received analog channels, or the progressive-scan DVD player with RGB connections that was hooked up via composite video...