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A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by patorjk »

I have some family in McCloud, CA. Apparently this was a big concern when Nestle came to town and wanted their water. There ended up being a big legal battle, but in the end the town won [1]. I forget all of the details, but there was some shadiness on Nestle's part. They initially told people the new water plant would bring jobs back to the town, but when residents looked into it, they discovered almost everything would be automated, and only a hand full of new jobs would be created.

[1] http://www.alternet.org/story/142645/after_6-year_battle%2C_...

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by mad_tortoise »

_h_o_d_ wrote: post #19
mad_tortoise wrote: post #3

So where I'm from we have a similar problem yet no end in site. After last years summer we had one of the worst droughts this region has ever had, but then it went into winter. It didn't rain much this winter and now we're back in summer... With water restrictions starting the summer as bad as they were when we ended it. To the point of this though. One of the worlds largest breweries is situated in my city. My count…

Can you name the brewery / city?

Cape Town, South Africa. SABMiller, which was recently bought for £69 billion by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by [deleted] »

_h_o_d_ wrote: post #19
mad_tortoise wrote: post #3

So where I'm from we have a similar problem yet no end in site. After last years summer we had one of the worst droughts this region has ever had, but then it went into winter. It didn't rain much this winter and now we're back in summer... With water restrictions starting the summer as bad as they were when we ended it. To the point of this though. One of the worlds largest breweries is situated in my city. My count…

Can you name the brewery / city?

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Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by ams6110 »

grecy wrote: post #2

This exact situation in Venezuela made me think Hugo Chávez was not always completely nuts with some of his ideas. He was sick of multinationals like Coke buying water for a couple of cents a mega-liter. Coke would then add some sugar and color to it before selling it back to the people for dollars per liter. The expensive purification of that water was paid for by tax revenue. Chávez decided this was not right, and…

I really don't think you can put Hugh Chávez into any argument about making the world a better place. Venezuela is a disaster, and the human suffering is inexcusable.

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by amelius »

patorjk wrote: post #21

I have some family in McCloud, CA. Apparently this was a big concern when Nestle came to town and wanted their water. There ended up being a big legal battle, but in the end the town won [1]. I forget all of the details, but there was some shadiness on Nestle's part. They initially told people the new water plant would bring jobs back to the town, but when residents looked into it, they discovered almost everything w…

> They initially told people the new water plant would bring jobs back to the town, but when residents looked into it, they discovered almost everything would be automated, and only a hand full of new jobs would be created.

Why didn't they just make it part of the contract?

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by theoh »

mad_tortoise wrote: post #22
_h_o_d_ wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you name the brewery / city?

Cape Town, South Africa. SABMiller, which was recently bought for £69 billion by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Specifically this brewery, I'm guessing: http://www.sab.co.za/the-sab-story/the-story-of-newlands-bre... http://www.702.co.za/articles/250909/sab-urges-members-of-th...

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by croon »

patorjk wrote: post #21

I have some family in McCloud, CA. Apparently this was a big concern when Nestle came to town and wanted their water. There ended up being a big legal battle, but in the end the town won [1]. I forget all of the details, but there was some shadiness on Nestle's part. They initially told people the new water plant would bring jobs back to the town, but when residents looked into it, they discovered almost everything w…

Speaking of Nestle and water, I'm reminded of this old interview with their (then) CEO Peter Brabeck:

https://youtu.be/GmOZL-jNH-s?t=124 (english subs)

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by addHocker »

ams6110 wrote: post #24
grecy wrote: post #2

This exact situation in Venezuela made me think Hugo Chávez was not always completely nuts with some of his ideas. He was sick of multinationals like Coke buying water for a couple of cents a mega-liter. Coke would then add some sugar and color to it before selling it back to the people for dollars per liter. The expensive purification of that water was paid for by tax revenue. Chávez decided this was not right, and…

I really don't think you can put Hugh Chávez into any argument about making the world a better place. Venezuela is a disaster, and the human suffering is inexcusable.

Lots of capitalistic countrys have suffering citizens, but there is there private fault, because they dont work hard enough. We all know the various ideologys immunity declarations. I wish there was a downvote for boring.

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by nso »

patorjk wrote: post #21

I have some family in McCloud, CA. Apparently this was a big concern when Nestle came to town and wanted their water. There ended up being a big legal battle, but in the end the town won [1]. I forget all of the details, but there was some shadiness on Nestle's part. They initially told people the new water plant would bring jobs back to the town, but when residents looked into it, they discovered almost everything w…

Difference in this case being that government officials in Chiapas are corrupt as f, and there is basicly no recourse for the public. Chiapas also head to head with Oaxaca in the race to be the poorest state in Mexico,. Some of the towns most affected by the disaster are being described to me as "looking like it's been shelled to shit" by my doctor friend who travelled there to help out however she could.

I will probably head over there next week with provisions, as there is no government help at all.

Re: A Coca-Cola plant in Mexico uses 1.08M liters of water per day as wells dry up

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Post by mad_tortoise »

theoh wrote: post #26
mad_tortoise wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cape Town, South Africa. SABMiller, which was recently bought for £69 billion by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Specifically this brewery, I'm guessing: http://www.sab.co.za/the-sab-story/the-story-of-newlands-bre... http://www.702.co.za/articles/250909/sab-urges-members-of-th...

Yes that's the one.
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