Friday, November 21, 2014

Not sure who Clean Line's PR guy/gal is, but they should be fired...

So, I came home from work yesterday and grabbed the mail. Within it is my local Dover Times. I thumb through it, and when I reach the back cover I am blasted by the image below. Sorry I posted it so large! I did it this way for effect because I am quite sure this is the way most people who saw the ad perceived it. After feasting your eyes on this insult, please continue scrolling:




Could this be any worse if it tried? Does Clean Line think that if they buy a 3/4 page ad in all of our local papers, it is going to do anything to make us want this giant, unnecessary transmission line on our land? Let's explore the problems with this ad, shall we?


  1. That's a beautiful picture, Clean Line! The only problem with it: Where is the transmission line?! True, the size of the field those folks are standing in is about the size of the swath of trees you intend to cut down in your path of destruction, but, really? Is this a joke?
  2. "Do I want cleaner air for my family?" Clean Line is, apparently, assuming that Arkansans buy the false correlation that if we do not choose to participate in their project, we do not "want cleaner air for our families". We just don't think their project is the way to achieve this. Sorry!
  3. "Wind energy generation allows utilities to burn less fossil fuel and reduce pollution. The Plains and Eastern transmission project will deliver low-cost renewable energy to Arkansas." What legally binding evidence are they using to justify this claim of "low-cost renewable energy to Arkansas"? The generators to supply their speculative venture haven't been constructed. There is no guarantee that Clean Line can ascribe that their project will do this, in any way.
  4. "Support clean energy in Arkansas today and in the future." Again, another false correlation that we, as Arkansans, do not support clean energy in Arkansas "today and in the future" if we do not support this project.
  5. Last (my favorite!) is the shell, misleading website address that was created by Clean Line Energy in the attempt to mislead Arkansans into signing their useless, arbitrary poll of support. Go there, you'll see. www.supportcleanenergyarkansas.com  

Shouldn't a company that's attempting to "sell" a product via force to Arkansans under federal eminent domain powers in an attempt to bypass our state law, at minimum, provide accurate advertising for the said product they're wishing to sell? 

If you feel like Plains and Eastern Clean Line, LLCis being deceptive with this advertising, file a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General's office. When filing a complaint, choose "Consumer Complaint Form" in the drop-down menu.  

1 comment:

  1. CO2 is so toxic that trees, grass, and algae couldn't live without it.

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