Comments on: Can ‘Green’ Save the U.S. Postal Service? Probably Not http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/23/can-green-save-the-us-postal-service-probably-not/ Media, Communcations and Public Relations Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ben Haber http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/23/can-green-save-the-us-postal-service-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Ben Haber Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:09:21 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=398#comment-2357 @Jon Westenberg - That's an interesting angle to take. My personal guess is that people wouldn’t even know it’d be gone – but it would still be HUGE news. The classic Seinfeld quote is “Just remember, when you control the mail, you control... information.” Well, that’s not true anymore. Most of our information is online or on mobile devices, so when people no longer receive that information via the mail, then they forget about it. However, since it’s a staple of communication going way back – and <a href="http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/18/olpc-now-on-a-stamp/ " rel="nofollow">stamps</a> are still meaningful – I think the media would make it out to be a pretty big deal. -Ben @Jon Westenberg – That’s an interesting angle to take. My personal guess is that people wouldn’t even know it’d be gone – but it would still be HUGE news.

The classic Seinfeld quote is “Just remember, when you control the mail, you control… information.” Well, that’s not true anymore. Most of our information is online or on mobile devices, so when people no longer receive that information via the mail, then they forget about it. However, since it’s a staple of communication going way back – and stamps are still meaningful – I think the media would make it out to be a pretty big deal.

-Ben

]]> By: Jon Westenberg http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/23/can-green-save-the-us-postal-service-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Jon Westenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:54:45 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=398#comment-2348 If the US Postal Service goes under, (I'm not American here, so bear with me) what kind of effect would that have over all? Obviously it must be taking in farely minimal profits, but how do you think the loss of part of US culture and tradition would be seen by the press? Just interested. If the US Postal Service goes under, (I’m not American here, so bear with me) what kind of effect would that have over all?
Obviously it must be taking in farely minimal profits, but how do you think the loss of part of US culture and tradition would be seen by the press?
Just interested.

]]> By: Ben Haber http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/23/can-green-save-the-us-postal-service-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-9883 Ben Haber Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:51:41 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=398#comment-9883 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New post: The U.S. Postal Service is pushing 'green' http://tinyurl.com/6ckshn</span></span> New post: The U.S. Postal Service is pushing ‘green’ http://tinyurl.com/6ckshn

]]> By: Ben Haber http://racetalkblog.com/2008/07/23/can-green-save-the-us-postal-service-probably-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8173 Ben Haber Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:51:41 +0000 http://racetalkblog.com/?p=398#comment-8173 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New post: The U.S. Postal Service is pushing 'green' http://tinyurl.com/6ckshn</span></span> New post: The U.S. Postal Service is pushing ‘green’ http://tinyurl.com/6ckshn

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