February 26, 2014 – Advanced Propaganda for Morons

On this day, eight years ago, Peabody Coal started an advertising campaign called “Advanced Energy for Life.” Because as the dirtiest fossil fuel, coal had a serious image problem, and therefore needed to conflate itself with notions of energy poverty. Why this matters What they’re trying to do when they do this is insinuate that … Continue reading February 26, 2014 – Advanced Propaganda for Morons