Planet Green on cable? YUK!

Sheepdog · 07-20-2008, 03:22 PM

I saw cautiously optimistic when I was surfing the cable box and found this channel. It turns out it pissed me off!

These guys have a show about "green cars". anyway they take an H2 Hummer and a Caddillac Esplanade and put a desiel engine in the caddie to burn vegitable oil in. Already I'm not liking the show.

Then they drag race the two to see NOT which one gets better mpg or is greener, but the want to see which has more power and is fastest!! One of the quotes is " I dont care about mpg I want power!" as he is adjusting the computer with one of those chip programmers.

This show has nothing to do with Green!

Then I watch a commeercial on the channel about another show where a mom is trying to show her family about living a green life. So how do they do it? Road trip in an Expedition!!

I wonder if this is a wasted channel or if most people just dont get it?!

Yak18 · 07-20-2008, 03:57 PM

Is burning vegtable oil instead of Oil-oil not green?

Sheepdog · 07-20-2008, 04:15 PM

Not when you use it to drag race! C'mon now!

orracle · 07-20-2008, 04:26 PM

Most of their programs are very good and quite entertaining. Give it another shot.

Yak18 · 07-20-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheepdog

Not when you use it to drag race! C'mon now!

I suppose you are against sailboat racing too.

PriuStorm · 07-20-2008, 06:51 PM

If this is the channel I'm thinking of, then I've caught a couple of programs that I like... 'Wasted' is one, and another is that show about Ed Bagley (sp?)... 'Living with Ed' or something like that.

Zythryn · 07-20-2008, 06:55 PM

Yep, that is the one.
I like it. Not as much as Discovery or the Sience channel but for a channel that just started up, pretty good.
As for vegie oil, I don't care what the vehicle is used for, veggie oil is 'greener' than gasoline.

PriuStorm · 07-20-2008, 07:12 PM

I'm a big fan of those two also, as well as National Geographic Channel and Discovery Health. Ah, but I digress from the green theme...

Sheepdog · 07-20-2008, 08:49 PM

sailboat racing burns nothing and doesnt race a hummer H2!

Burning veggie oil still is a deisel fuel mixture and adds gunk to the air! It aint veggie oil only you know. It is a waste to race the cars on a tv show and call that any kind of green anything! And the H2 used gasoline!

I don't understand why you folks are acting so dense here. You must be pulling my leg right? Yea thats it. Thats the ticket. You had me there!

effwitt · 07-21-2008, 08:45 AM

I wonder how many hours of shows they have? If they run through all of their shows once per month, how many viewers will they have a year from now?

07-20-2008, 03:22 PM	#1
Sheepdog C'Mere Sheepie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sanford FLorida Posts: 1,050 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Planet Green on cable? YUK! I saw cautiously optimistic when I was surfing the cable box and found this channel. It turns out it pissed me off! These guys have a show about "green cars". anyway they take an H2 Hummer and a Caddillac Esplanade and put a desiel engine in the caddie to burn vegitable oil in. Already I'm not liking the show. Then they drag race the two to see NOT which one gets better mpg or is greener, but the want to see which has more power and is fastest!! One of the quotes is " I dont care about mpg I want power!" as he is adjusting the computer with one of those chip programmers. This show has nothing to do with Green! Then I watch a commeercial on the channel about another show where a mom is trying to show her family about living a green life. So how do they do it? Road trip in an Expedition!! I wonder if this is a wasted channel or if most people just dont get it?! __________________ Sheepdog- Protecting my flock 2008 Barcelona Red "Lil Rachel" A Greyhound in the back seat can't hurt! *Mods:* Rear Bumper Pad, Hood Deflector, No Reverse Beep, Garmin 660 GPS unit, Zaino and Aerospace 303, wheel rings gone, Scan Gauge II, tire inflation at 42/40, PriusChat decal!

07-20-2008, 03:57 PM	#2
Yak18 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Panama City, FL Posts: 89 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! Is burning vegtable oil instead of Oil-oil not green?

07-20-2008, 04:15 PM	#3
Sheepdog C'Mere Sheepie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sanford FLorida Posts: 1,050 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! Not when you use it to drag race! C'mon now!

07-20-2008, 04:26 PM	#4
orracle Whaddaya mean "senior" member? Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gurnee, IL Posts: 428 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 3 Times in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 8	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! Most of their programs are very good and quite entertaining. Give it another shot.

07-20-2008, 06:51 PM	#6
PriuStorm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 846 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! If this is the channel I'm thinking of, then I've caught a couple of programs that I like... 'Wasted' is one, and another is that show about Ed Bagley (sp?)... 'Living with Ed' or something like that.

07-20-2008, 06:55 PM	#7
Zythryn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 166 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! Yep, that is the one. I like it. Not as much as Discovery or the Sience channel but for a channel that just started up, pretty good. As for vegie oil, I don't care what the vehicle is used for, veggie oil is 'greener' than gasoline.

07-20-2008, 07:12 PM	#8
PriuStorm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 846 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! I'm a big fan of those two also, as well as National Geographic Channel and Discovery Health. Ah, but I digress from the green theme...

07-20-2008, 08:49 PM	#9
Sheepdog C'Mere Sheepie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sanford FLorida Posts: 1,050 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! sailboat racing burns nothing and doesnt race a hummer H2! Burning veggie oil still is a deisel fuel mixture and adds gunk to the air! It aint veggie oil only you know. It is a waste to race the cars on a tv show and call that any kind of green anything! And the H2 used gasoline! I don't understand why you folks are acting so dense here. You must be pulling my leg right? Yea thats it. Thats the ticket. You had me there!

07-21-2008, 08:45 AM	#10
effwitt Paparazzi Magnet Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Eagan, MN Posts: 175 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 2	Re: Planet Green on cable? YUK! I wonder how many hours of shows they have? If they run through all of their shows once per month, how many viewers will they have a year from now?

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