Gas Station of the Future
BP has opened up a new gas station at the corner of Olympic & Robertson up the street from our place. It's been cloaked behind giant fabric walls printed with green blades of grass for months - which hints at it being something polluting, right? Finally revealed, it is strikingly modern and, frankly, quite beautiful for what it is. White jumpsuit wearing pr hires were walking around the lot behind a white picket fence, looking like members of the Dharma Project from LOST. It's not clear from the outside what makes it a particularly 'green' gas station, but this LA Times article tells us that it has solar panels, low energy lighting, concrete mixed with recycled glass, and a rain collection system to irrigate plants nearby. Interesting on the solar, but hey, it doesn't rain all that much in Southern California, guys. The article points out that the station offers no alternatives to carbon fuels.
But it's nice to look at, and since there was a gas station there previously, it's nice to have something so sharp looking as a neighborhood upgrade. Of course I will soon fall victim and will be lining up there to buy some gas. Which is exactly what BP is hoping I would do.
Labels: architecture, environment, los angeles
posted by Jefferson at 9:09 AM
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The gas station has gas that is no better than gas from other stations. Indeed, its more expensive than most. The architecture is ridiculous, as if a star trek loving geek decided to build himself a house. The uneccessary metal and neon lights (that waste uneccessary electricity) add to the ridiculous look. The gas station was cloaked in a poster of blades of grass. Every two weeks they would change the poster to make it appear as if the grass was growing. This wasted a LOT of Ink and poster paper. The entire gas station is a parodox within itself. A ridiculous venture that will lead to helping nothing.
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