NBC: Save the Planet; But Our Outdoor Set Needs AC

Hypocrites. The network regularly runs overheated claims about global warming and what people must do to reduce their carbon footprint.

I'm sure most folks don't have air conditioning systems built to specifically cool their outdoor spaces. NBC does at their Beijing television set.

“The set is outside, but air conditioning vents make the weather bearable,” Anne Marie Tiernon wrote for WTHR Eyewitness News on August 14.

Even NBC “Today” co-host Matt Lauer remarked about the air conditioning, but said it was still uncomfortable even with it.

“The first couple of nights even with the air conditioning it was steamy in here, but we've been lucky ever since,” Lauer said to WTHR. “It’s been overcast some days, takes the temperature down. We call it fog smog.”

Last fall, the network performed a publicity stunt on its November 4 broadcast of its highly rated Sunday Night NFL Football show, “Football Night in America.” The broadcast used limited lighting for the broadcast and even went completely dark for the final moments of the program.

The effort was to raise awareness and set an example for the rest of the country, however, the same example isn’t being set for the broadcast from the world’s biggest polluter, China.

The air is still uncomfortable for Matt Lauer. Quick, someone turn the AC on high. You're outdoors and it's summer. What did you expect?

Once again, the hypocrisy of the man-made global warming crowd shines through. They will say and do anything to chastise people into reducing their own power usage, while they continue to use power just as they always have.

UPDATE:
Instapundit links. Thanks!