something else to ponder over a Diet Coke
Diet Coke kills.
At least thats what a recent conversation told me. My friend “Holly Golightly” (name changed to protect the guilty) recently had a bout with “aspertame poisoning”. True story. Two weeks later, his sister had the same thing happen. It seems, that if you drink copious amounts of diet beverages you can develop this life threatening disease.
But not just beverages… Look at food labels. Almost every fat-free or sugar-free food out there has aspertame as the sweetener alternative.
Here is my thought on this.
Save your aspertame
save your High Fructose Corn Syrup
Give me real sugar.
And do you really think that this was an error???
how supply chains work
My friend called me today complaining about the fact that the price of his Diet Coke has gone up as fast as gasoline. He’s now paying $1.44 per 20oz bottle.
He asked why. I told him that this too, could be blamed on “the shrub(tm)”. He didn’t follow. go back to the source I told him.
OIL. Oil is the basis of plastic. Oil is used in the containers to transport the syrup to the bottling plants. Oil is used in the bottles, the caps, the plastic labels, the plastic transport crates. It all comes down to OIL.
Oil is so heavily involved in our everyday life, even if you do not own a vehicle that burns gas, that most people do not realize it. The computer I’m typing on, though it may be a cute yet fabulous little iBook, is made with oil. Petrochemicals are just as bad as gasoline for the environment.
This brought up a question. Today, I read in the paper that oil prices are surging again because of the continued violence in Iraq and the threat that it may disrupt the Iraqi oil production levels. Why would this effect oil prices, when less than a year ago, Iraqi oil wasn’t even allowed on the market due to our embargo? Shouldn’t all of Iraq’s oil production be considered a new source and thereby ease oil prices?
When are we going to stand up and demand reasonable answers from our leaders instead of sitting back and watching the oil companies rake in record profit after record profit year in and year out?
this rant is finished… or is it?