Life is Funny

I’ve just discovered that Diet Coke appears to be using a thinner plastic on 2L bottles. Traditionally I could pour a brand new 2L soda pop into a glass using only one hand. But now when you try to do it, the plastic buckles and the bottle starts bending.

I found this news article which says that Coke is using 5% less plastic in order to help stop global warming.

From my experience, it looks like a lot less than 5% has been removed from the new bottles.  I know since we’re talking about Global warming, we should be tolerant of these things…

But when I’m carrying a 12 pack of soda pop from the grocery store to my car, and the cardboard rips and pop cans start flying everywhere.. I think we’ve gone a little too far. 

…AND… here is the biggest question…

These soda pop maufacturers are using less plastic and less cardboard [for global warming reasons], but if they are using LESS, shouldn’t we be paying LESS too ?  If I have to go through the aggrivation of spilling my plastic bottle pop, or chasing cans rolling around in the parking lot, shouldn’t I also gain the benefit of cheaper packaging materials in my cost?

Here is a case where the soda pop maker WINS, and Global Warming “apparently” wins, and the rest of all lose.

I’m tired of cheap plastic bottles, thin cardboard boxes, and the mess it creates.