> the only thing proved was that it cost Coca Cola less to produce and ship plastic bottles. It cost them less because it expends less energy to ship them, the

> the only thing proved was that it cost Coca Cola less to produce and ship plastic bottles. It cost them less because it expends less energy to ship them, therefore contributing less to global pollution in that aspect. I find it frustrating that a lot of environmental actions these days only examine one part of the total environmental impact of something and disregard other aspects which may make the proposed solution worse. Paper straws often contain those forever chemicals everyone talks about. Corn based alternatives take more energy to make in some cases. "Recycling" plastic has spectacularly backfired in that we shipped it across the world to be "recycled" and it just ended up being burned or dumped into the rivers feeding the ocean. We could have just tossed it in a landfill and had less impact.