What Coke Contains (2013)
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What Coke Contains (2013)
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#2Sounds like someone needs a hug
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#3The same type of story as the classic "I, pencil," published in 1958:
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#4You could say this about any product. I think the essay would be considerably longer if it concerned a typical PC or phone, not to mention a car.
I also think the essay can be written with cynicism instead of wonder, e.g. with an anti-capitalist slant. With one innocuous affordable purchase you can deforest and pollute four continents whilst giving yourself diabetes and dental caries!!!
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#5The same type of story as the classic "I, pencil," published in 1958: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil
A story sometimes referenced by Milton Friedman: http://youtu.be/4ERbC7JyCfU?t=19s
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#6You could say this about any product. I think the essay would be considerably longer if it concerned a typical PC or phone, not to mention a car. I also think the essay can be written with cynicism instead of wonder, e.g. with an anti-capitalist slant. With one innocuous affordable purchase you can deforest and pollute four continents whilst giving yourself diabetes and dental caries!!!
But I think a primary aspect of the essay had to do with a seemingly simple item costing only $0.50.
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#7Is the ammonia dangerous? Or can it be? How much ammonia can a person consume before it becomes dangerous?
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#8You could say this about any product. I think the essay would be considerably longer if it concerned a typical PC or phone, not to mention a car. I also think the essay can be written with cynicism instead of wonder, e.g. with an anti-capitalist slant. With one innocuous affordable purchase you can deforest and pollute four continents whilst giving yourself diabetes and dental caries!!!
But I think a primary aspect of the essay had to do with a seemingly simple item costing only $0.50.
Now everyone can afford to destroy the planet!
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#9Is the ammonia dangerous? Or can it be? How much ammonia can a person consume before it becomes dangerous?
Ammonia is a gas at standard temperature and pressure. Unless they are intentionally pumping ammonia gas into the final product there should only be trace amounts. Furthermore it isn't poisonous in small quantities, we have an enzyme that breaks it down.[1]
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbamoyl_phosphate_synthetase
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#10You could say this about any product. I think the essay would be considerably longer if it concerned a typical PC or phone, not to mention a car. I also think the essay can be written with cynicism instead of wonder, e.g. with an anti-capitalist slant. With one innocuous affordable purchase you can deforest and pollute four continents whilst giving yourself diabetes and dental caries!!!
But I think a primary aspect of the essay had to do with a seemingly simple item costing only $0.50.
And just to think, you could have saved that $0.50 and drank some water, but then the human chorus that is coca cola would go quiet..