Yet another Super Bowl has come and gone, and the one thing most of us will remember about the whole bloated, noisy event will be … a cute kid with a Darth Vader mask using the force on a Passat. Super Bowl ads, for all their obnoxiousness and over-emphasis in the media, do provide us one of the best reflections on the current state of American consumer culture . This year was no different — here’s a look at what this year’s commercials say about the nation’s shopping habits … … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2011 Super Bowl Ads: The Green, the Bad & the Ugly