Comments on: Weight of Soft Drinks Shipped > Weight of Cars Shipped http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/09/08/soft-drinks/ Steve shares his unconventional approach on Business Innovation, Creativity, Goals and Critical Thinking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/09/08/soft-drinks/#comment-36133 Stephen Shapiro Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1788#comment-36133 Don, I suspect you are correct. The soft drink industry is a staggering $72 billion a year in the U.S. alone. According to one source, the average American drinks over 200 liters of soft drinks a year. That translates to about two 12 ounce cans a day. During my worst periods, I drank over a dozen cans a day or 1,000 liters a year. Ouch. I have since tamed that habit a bit... Don, I suspect you are correct. The soft drink industry is a staggering $72 billion a year in the U.S. alone. According to one source, the average American drinks over 200 liters of soft drinks a year. That translates to about two 12 ounce cans a day. During my worst periods, I drank over a dozen cans a day or 1,000 liters a year. Ouch. I have since tamed that habit a bit…

]]> By: Don http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/09/08/soft-drinks/#comment-36132 Don Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1788#comment-36132 If you had cut soda out of your diet in college, the Ithaca P&C would have gone bankrupt. Think of how many jobs were saved in Tompkins County all because of your guilty pleasure. If you had cut soda out of your diet in college, the Ithaca P&C would have gone bankrupt. Think of how many jobs were saved in Tompkins County all because of your guilty pleasure.

]]> By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/09/08/soft-drinks/#comment-36131 Stephen Shapiro Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:29:37 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1788#comment-36131 JoeT, Thanks for your comment... Only the syrup is shipped. Tap water that is carbonated at the point of consumption is added. The water does not need to be shipped. Sorry if I did not make this clearer. Steve JoeT,

Thanks for your comment…

Only the syrup is shipped. Tap water that is carbonated at the point of consumption is added. The water does not need to be shipped. Sorry if I did not make this clearer.

Steve

]]> By: JoeT http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/09/08/soft-drinks/#comment-36129 JoeT Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:11:09 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1788#comment-36129 You haven't saved any energy (except for the soft drink company). You've just moved it around. Assuming soft drink consumption does not change significantly, the same amount of carbonated water will have to be shipped by someone to the point of sale or to wherever it is added to the syrup. I don't see any savings here. You haven’t saved any energy (except for the soft drink company). You’ve just moved it around. Assuming soft drink consumption does not change significantly, the same amount of carbonated water will have to be shipped by someone to the point of sale or to wherever it is added to the syrup. I don’t see any savings here.

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