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Trump reverses Obama policy banning sale of bottled H2O in Nat Parks
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elrechazado
Banned
If true, the rule was idiotic if it allowed bottled soda sales but not water.
Should have banned soda too!!!!!!!!!
Edited because good god
Should have banned soda too!!!!!!!!!
Edited because good god
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
This is just dumb and petty.
fluffydelusions
Member
with plastic bottles
Chittagong
Gold Member
So Coke was allowed but water not? Lmao
Why? Water is available at any tap or water fountain, Coke is not.
Host Samurai
Member
What a fucking loser.
Because most people hiking turn to Coca-cola instead of water?
Fuck that orange piece of shit.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
what would you rather he be referred to
The Last Wizard
Member
Do heinous shit, get made fun of. /shrug
PandaPandaPanda
Member
elrechazado
Banned
Uhh, rule exists to reduce plastic waste. Continue to sell plastic receptacles. Tough to understand though, clearly.
Because Coke comes in plastic bottles, i.e. if the purpose was to prevent pollution, all plastic bottles should be removed/banned. Just take a frigging Nalgene, people.
If the shoe fits and all that
evil solrac v3.0
Member
why was Coke allowed but not plastic water bottles?
Gentleman Jack
Member
While strange I can only imagine the pushback from two powerful food lobbies (Nestle and Coca Cola) instead of just one pressuring the lawmakers into compromising.
Single use plastic bottles are a goddamn scourge on the planet and I would have been happy to continue with a rule that only solves 30% of a problem rather than give up because we can't make perfect laws.
Right dont know why some people think this is all or nothing.
Sirpopopop
Member
So the proper solution is to remove the ban for water, and not also add coke to the list?
Gentleman Jack
Member
I used to think that way myself, but ultimately the compromise produced measurably positive effects, now being completely wiped out so hurray, now we have nothing but at least we don't have imperfect laws so that's that, hurray!
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
The bottled water was the problem, not the soda.
Hence the ban on them.
If it was 30% of the waste being soda then I agree ban them both.. but it wasn't.
LostCaress
Member
Trump's a cunt. He's a cunt now, and he's always been a cunt. And the only thing that's going to change is that he's going to be an even bigger cunt. Maybe have some more cunt kids.
elrechazado
Banned
You have some real reading problems.
Calling a spade a spade, is what it is.
But this is silly. I don't see the upside on the reversal.
No lies detected. Years ago the town of Concord, MA passed an idiotic law banning the sale of bottled water to I guess cut down on pollution? All this ended up doing is making it so you could only buy soda and other shit beverages....in plastic bottles!
perfectchaos007
Member
Damn. Trump said he wouldn't fall for lobbyists, but he actually fell to the freakin Nestle lobby
Randolph Freelander
Member
And for America to be truly great, this must change.
From the title of this, and many similar threads, I can only presume that this clause from the GAF terms of service:
is redundant these days? (I am NOT calling for OP ban by the way).
To be clear, I am far from pro-Trump - I'm not even American. But the level of infantile name calling is a far FAR cry from what GAF used to be. Surely we are intelligent enough to express ourselves sufficiently without this level of vulgarity?
Note although I am addressing the OP, it is very much the prevailing level of discussion here these days.
is redundant these days? (I am NOT calling for OP ban by the way).
To be clear, I am far from pro-Trump - I'm not even American. But the level of infantile name calling is a far FAR cry from what GAF used to be. Surely we are intelligent enough to express ourselves sufficiently without this level of vulgarity?
Note although I am addressing the OP, it is very much the prevailing level of discussion here these days.
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Ohhh, this is policy all right.
So yeah, this has less to do with Obama and more to do with crony conflicts of interest...though it was still an Obama order rescinded, so Oompa would have been happy to oblige either way.
Also, did ya really need to add in (Trump) to the title after the fact?
Just message a mod.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Guess what else is frowned upon? PM a mod with your objections.
The ranger station used to (still does) have a free drinking fountain. They also sell coca cola. Cheap people drink from the fountain, or fill a reusable bottle from the fountain.
The ranger station figured out that they can make more money by selling bottled water, and discouraging the use of the fountain.
Park is now littered with discarded water bottles.
Obama bans the sale of bottled water at parks. Ranger stations see a boost in the sales of reusable souvenir bottles, which are then filled with water from the free fountain. No more water bottles getting littered in the park. Everybody wins, except Nestle, who literally charges absurd money for tap water.
Trump hates Obama, so fuck that.
Dude Abides
Banned
How dare you think about this for more than three seconds? We've got knees to jerk here!
Sirpopopop
Member
Then enlighten me rather than coming up with an insult.
Is it possible for you to actually be civil?
Sweet Bellic
Member
While Trump is certainly a cunt, I don't see how this particular issues warrants such vehemence. National parks are often in remote places and visitors should have multiple options for accessing potable drinking water. Perhaps they should raise the fines for littering?