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Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Ecocan scam

Yet another ill thought out plan to Save the Planettm by introducing a substandard packaging system that misses the whole point of a can by being prone to rot and adds insult to injury by being made out of food.

It may have less than zero effect on helping the environment–in fact, it may actually harm it, but what matters that?  So long as it massages the conscience of a Blessed Gaia-worshiping hippy, who cares if it pushes food prices up and causes some African to starve?   Eggs and omlettes.

It's the Prius of packaging.
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2 comments:

  1. eonTuesday, 8 March 2011 at 03:59:00 GMT-8

    Using food for packaging = less food = less people in the long run without all that messy bit about camps, ovens, etc.

    (And they don't even need a red button. "No Pressure", indeed.)

    From the deep-eco "Death To The Enemies Of Holy Mother Gaia" POV, there's no downside to this sort of thing.

    They can even get an ad slogan out of it. "Buy Soda in Organic Cans. It's Good For Gaia, OK For You, And Bad For The Rest Of Humanity. (And You Know You Don't Like Them, Anyway.)"

    cheers

    eon

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  2. SergejTuesday, 8 March 2011 at 06:07:00 GMT-8

    Seems pretty harmless. If it were a beverage can, I could see it killing Africans by being made out of food instead of aluminum in huge numbers, and biodegrading hilariously while being used to store pressurized sugar water. But this thing is closer to a Nalgene: you buy one for a lot of money, then you refill it with tap water or the beverage of your choice before going outside. If it starts biodegrading on you, you throw it out as soon as it becomes unacceptably ratty. Or more likely, once the green fad passes and you move on to the next must-have accessory for the Sensitive Man. I'd rate it, whatevver.

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