The fight against Global Warming has entered a new phase, and we all must do what we can, whether changing light bulbs, driving hybrid cars or vandalizing SUVs.
I have taken up a personal crusade to minimize the amount of carbon dioxide that escapes into the atmosphere from my Diet Cokes.
This may not sound like much, but multiplied by ‘leventy-seven cans a day, it has considerable impact.
The challenge is keeping the fluid cold enough so carbonation is retained, but not so cold that drinking is painful. Flow volume, pressure, temperature, and physiological variables must be carefully considered.
Ignoring physiology may result in real atmospheric disaster: eructation, the release of carbon dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and other harmful greenhouse and smokehouse gases into the atmosphere. Not to mention social discomfiture and having to replay the DVD to hear the last scene again.
It is a daunting task, but I face it willingly to preserve polar bear cubs and coastal cities, and to prevent further inundation of our airwaves by terrifying video-documentaries.
Image by Mike Licht, with assistance from the Global Beverage-Industrial Complex.
September 29, 2007 at 7:12 am
If fighting global warming means reducing my diet coke intake, then earth be damned. I’ll be long dead before the icecaps melt, and I have chosen not to breed, so it really doesn’t effect me anyway.
February 9, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Ignorant! The earth’s lasted billion’s of years and now because of ignorant people, who would rather enjoy a stupid diet coke, we’ve destroyed it! thank god she hasn’t chosen to breed!
March 17, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I like co2 is makes my surrounding vegetation grow very well. This is another Global Warming doc with great insight. Be sure to check it out.