New York Enacts Restrictions on Soda Pop

While Madeleine Morgenstern reports on New York City's nannyism...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyc-officially-bans-super-sized-sodas-other-sugary-drinks/

...I wonder whether "the industry" is really opposing efforts to push smaller sodas.

What I'm seeing, here in Virginia, is that although our local Pepsi bottler is resisting the temptation, our local Coca-Cola bottler is going all out to push flimsier, skinnier bottles...for the same price as the standard bottles.

I left home earlier than usual yesterday morning, in order to stop at the computer center before going into Kingsport, and realized on the way that I hadn't brought anything cold and caffeinated with me. The computer center sells hot drinks; for cold drinks I had to duck into the convenience store at the other end of the block. There were 24-ounce Pepsis and Mountain Dews for $1.19, 20-ounce Sundrops and RC's for $1.09 or two for two dollars, and, also for $1.09 or two for two dollars, bottles of Coca-Cola and Mello Yello that looked like the bottles of RC and Sundrop...only skinnier. Sure enough, those were 16-ounce bottles of Coke being sold for the same price as 20-ounce bottles of RC!

Don't tell me those bottles use less plastic. I can jolly well see that, in order to get the same amount of soda, you're putting more plastic in the landfill. I can also tell by looking that those tall, skinny bottles will tip over easily, wasting more soda...and putting more strain on the blood pressure of home and car owners. So what's the point in even putting those stupid little bottles on the market? To make more profit for Coca-Cola, of course.

Let's not let "the industry" get away with this, Gentle Readers. The healthy, earth-friendly way to drink soda pop, if you're going to drink it at all, is to buy large bottles. Minimize the plastic...and the cost of packaging. Pour small drinks into your own reusable, recyclable glasses at home.