• Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz
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    7 days ago

    Not only do they cost more, the greater surface area means your cold drink warms up faster.

    Neat.

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      Greater surface area also means more material for the same product, which leads to less effective transport, more waste and increased polution. Non-standarized can size means every can storage system and cup holder which have taken can size into consideration will be worse. I’m sure a lot of vending machines will have to be modified or scrapped for this can design.

      Everyone are worse off because of this, and it’s all for attempting to trick consumers and increase profits. Shit sucks.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        Greater surface area also means more material for the same product, which leads to less effective transport, more waste and increased polution.

        Weren’t soda companies whining about aluminum costs just recently? Guess they found some extra in order to fleece their customers.

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        These are more easily stackable and take up less horizontal space, so they are more efficient for transport.

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      Hey we get this revolutionary super can which is supposed to keep your beer cool.
      The ribs are supposed to reduce the contact area of warm fingers.
      It doesn’t work obviously since they aren’t big enough and skin on fingers are flexible enough to touch everything.
      You only pay 30 to 50% more for this nonsense.
      Everyone tries to avoid them but somehow the normal cans are more than often ‘sold out’ in stores.

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    Just straight up stop buying shit. Drink filtered tap, and live off only what you need and shrug off ppl that think buying expensive shit will make them cool.

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      Also stop paying for filtered tap water when there’s nothing wrong with your specific tap water.

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        Sadly not everyone has great chlorine-free water. One of the most annoying experiences every time I go abroad (for example to Italy)

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          Quite true. Not everyone has lead-free water either. But people whose water is perfectly great do not need to pay for filtered water - especially not in single-use plastic bottles.

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            Absolutely. I’m always drinking tap water at home, we have perfectly clear, chlorine-free, mineral-rich water directly from the mountains. One of my favourite aspects of Austria.

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          Chlorine is the least of my worries.

          After growing up near a superfund/dump site where benzene, toluene, phthalates, etc. were found in the water….I will take the chlorine.

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          I would have been more than happy to drink tap water and have my kids drink tap water.

          We’ve had a couple lead warnings though and I don’t want to fuck with it. They’re going to have a hard enough time with the misfortune of getting my genes. I don’t want to make it even harder for them.

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        Where I live has heavy agriculture and oil industry presence. People here are concerned over pesticides and random chemicals randomly seeping into the water system.

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            They’re shutting down federal testing requirements in the U.S. - a lot of people do need to start thinking about this.

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            The water is tested and 99% of the time it is probably safe to drink. But who knows how much of it you will drink before it is discovered (and then even longer to reveal) that there was an issue with the water.

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        Just a heads up Brita filters do basically nothing it’s mostly just a carbon block which will help remove chlorine flavor which makes it taste a little better but in terms of actually removing contaminants it does very little to almost nothing.

        Zero water is the closest thing in brita drip form that actually removes things but getting a counter top reverse osmosis is the way to go if not getting a dedicated under sink unit

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          Just remember! Reverse osmosis filters are NOT eco friendly, it cost 3 to 4 gallons of waste water discard to gain 1 gallon of drinking water.

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            Using modern filters, and using a pressure booster pump to ensure proper pressure level this is actually nowhere near as bad it’s now possible to achieve a one-to-one clean to waste ratio.

            If you don’t want any waste you can go to nanofiltration which is roughly as effective as Reverseosmosis and does not have the Wastewater issue but they are significantly more expensive.

            And it’s not as if that Wastewater is sewage it’s just the same water that came in with a higher concentration of the stuff that you didn’t want that was already present in the water so that Wastewater can be reused for gardening, or gray water such as showers and toilets

            I get that they aren’t perfect but everything has a trade off and reverse osmosis or nanofiltration is really the only way to get rid of many different sources of water contamination especially things like microplastics and pfas

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      A lot of the world can’t just drink tap water with a basic filter

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      Oil prices go up - petrol goes up.

      Oil prices go down - petrol goes up.

      Oil prices do nothing - petrol goes up.

      Petrol is purposeful and independent.

      Be like petrol!

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    People with vending machines aren’t going to be happy, those new ones won’t fit.

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      As a consumer you should have thought about the consequences of your habits. Because of you they now have to replace all the vendig machines.

      Its the consumers fault. Companies have absolutely no responsibility.

      Huge /S if there ever was any doubt.

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    I mean it sucks and I drink coke (it’s my mix for booze) but it’s a welcome change (price increase). Soda pop should not be drunk as frequently as it is by people and anything to make it less common is a welcome change IMHO. If becoming more cost prohibitive to people makes them drink it less that’s not a bad thing

    Now the challenge becomes, because America is becoming a 3rd world shithole it’s possible that coke is the only safe drink because thanks to the EPA being gutted over decades water isn’t safe in many areas due to contamination. That’s not cool.

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      You know that has a lot of sugar, which is a poison and will kill you right?

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        Everything will kill you in excess. Live life and don’t be a Debbie Downer.

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          Hey friend, I’m not the one complaining about the water or people drinking too much.
          It’s friday and I’m going to have plenty of drinks, there will be no soda in sight.
          I wish you a good weekend.

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    A few years back we literally had frito lay vendors come in before store open to reset the chip aisle, all the bag sizes shrank and they credited out the previous size.

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        It’s far from being that only, check the ingredients (especially if using the zero sugar/calories version)

        Yuka is a great app to tell you this as well, if you’re okay with it