#1190 Message to Comcast

Comcast is contributing to a new carbon footprint. And from my perspective it’s a 12-EEE. Or perhaps I should say a 12 LED. As in those LED Lights. Seems like every time I look at my Comcast cable box there’s an extra red light burning¾like the eyes of a vampire.
A vampire power-sucker that is.
All the energy saving tipsters are now telling us to do everything in our power to eliminate vampire power sources¾those LEDs that shine out from microwaves and TVs and cellphone chargers not in use. Every little bit helps. When you figure just about every household has at least 25 of them, the power that powers those status lights on electronics adds up to a lot of power coming off the grid.
So they recommend you plug as many as you can into a strip, and then turn off the strip.
I guess Comcast didn’t get the global warming memo. Because part of their new digital capability is to send us messages on our cable boxes. And a red light comes on when they do so. Which would be okay if it was an important message, not when we should watch an insipid piece of programming.
The really bad thing is, to get the light to turn off, I have to actually find and view the message. Like a voicemail you can’t erase until you’ve heard the entire five minutes of the fingernails-on-a-blackboard voice of your bitter Aunt Enid’s message.
But Comcast message light elimination forces you to use even more power because you have to turn on the TV, scroll through three menus and then finally click the damn thing off. Your TV is on the whole time. You’re also using up battery power in your remote the whole time. And the message is annoying and inconsequential to boot.
The Comcast Carbon Footprint dilemma. Endure the Vampire power of their red LED light, or burn even more power turning on the TV to turn it off.
Makes me want to save some personal energy to balance it out. I know, I’ll reduce the phrase “Not Brilliant Comcast” to initials.
Let’s see, that be N-B-...
America, ya gotta love it.