That evil mega-corp McDonalds goes green?

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Gaard
I bet if everyone supersized they could get that number up to 2 million.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Please tell me where i said it was a "bad" thing....

I didn't but profiteering from your waste hardly makes you green, now if they had changed completely and not only where they can make profits where they couldn't make them before, then you might have a point.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing but it does NOT make McDonalds GREEN.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

You know, you talking about whiners is the highest form of irony, you whine and whine and whine, if you have something interesting or even understandable to say, just say it and STOP WHINING!

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: techs
McDonalds is doing this for money and/or publicity.
For years they put their burgers in styrofoam containers. They only changed when enough people said they wouldn't eat at McDonalds unless they got rid of the those non-biodegrable containers.
Corporations are only "green" when it helps their bottom line.

Yeah and why is that bad? Very few companies are going to go green unless it makes sense to. Their objective is to make the most profit they can and if they do that by being a little more green, I don't see that as a bad thing.

And to jman: they started making salads because everyone was complaining how horrible the rest of their food is for you. The sh!tty thing is that not many people are buying the salads. Maybe it's because people realize the food is bad for you and go their anyway. Nobody walks into a McDonald's or say a pizza place and expects to eat healthy food.

That being said, I don't eat at McDonald's because their food blows.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

You know, you talking about whiners is the highest form of irony, you whine and whine and whine, if you have something interesting or even understandable to say, just say it and STOP WHINING!

WTF? How about you actually address the topic instead of crapping in it? Now there is a concept.

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Please tell me where i said it was a "bad" thing....

I didn't but profiteering from your waste hardly makes you green, now if they had changed completely and not only where they can make profits where they couldn't make them before, then you might have a point.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing but it does NOT make McDonalds GREEN.

So you can't make a profit and be green? Also, no one is making McDonalds out to be some awesome hippie company, but they do deserve credit when credit is due.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Please tell me where i said it was a "bad" thing....

I didn't but profiteering from your waste hardly makes you green, now if they had changed completely and not only where they can make profits where they couldn't make them before, then you might have a point.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing but it does NOT make McDonalds GREEN.

So you can't make a profit and be green? Also, no one is making McDonalds out to be some awesome hippie company, but they do deserve credit when credit is due.

Are you daft or do you have a reading comprehension problem?

Thing is that if McDonalds WERE green which you claim they are then they wouldn't be using bleeched papers and napkins, now would they sherlock?

I'm just going to put you on my ignore list, you are way to daft to debate anything anyway.

Bye.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

You know, you talking about whiners is the highest form of irony, you whine and whine and whine, if you have something interesting or even understandable to say, just say it and STOP WHINING!

WTF? How about you actually address the topic instead of crapping in it? Now there is a concept.

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

You whine about me telling you to stop whining? That's just priceless.

You want some cheese with that?

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Please tell me where i said it was a "bad" thing....

I didn't but profiteering from your waste hardly makes you green, now if they had changed completely and not only where they can make profits where they couldn't make them before, then you might have a point.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing but it does NOT make McDonalds GREEN.

So you can't make a profit and be green? Also, no one is making McDonalds out to be some awesome hippie company, but they do deserve credit when credit is due.

Are you daft or do you have a reading comprehension problem?

Thing is that if McDonalds WERE green which you claim they are then they wouldn't be using bleeched papers and napkins, now would they sherlock?

I'm just going to put you on my ignore list, you are way to daft to debate anything anyway.

Bye.

:laugh: Talk about daft. Read the topic heading again. See the question mark? I am not claiming they ARE green and never have. No where have I stated they are a great example of a "green" company. It is YOU who ran wild with the "green" thing. But yeah, please don't reply to my posts or in my threads then - you don't seem capable of handling yourself in them anyway.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

You know, you talking about whiners is the highest form of irony, you whine and whine and whine, if you have something interesting or even understandable to say, just say it and STOP WHINING!

WTF? How about you actually address the topic instead of crapping in it? Now there is a concept.

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

You whine about me telling you to stop whining? That's just priceless.

You want some cheese with that?

you like repeating yourself? Why can't you address the issue? Couldn't be because you are trolling - is it?

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

You know, you talking about whiners is the highest form of irony, you whine and whine and whine, if you have something interesting or even understandable to say, just say it and STOP WHINING!

WTF? How about you actually address the topic instead of crapping in it? Now there is a concept.

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

You whine about me telling you to stop whining? That's just priceless.

You want some cheese with that?

you like repeating yourself? Why can't you address the issue? Couldn't be because you are trolling - is it?

Question: Do you support activities that take waste products and turn them into something usable? You know, recycling? Do you only support it if it isn't a mega-corp doing it?

Naturally i support waste products being converted into something useful but let's not kid ourselves either, they are not doing it out of the goodness of their heart, now are they?

This is so far from recycling it isn't even funny, you really don't understand the concept of recycling, do you? Poor thing...

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno

Originally posted by: techs
McDonalds is doing this for money and/or publicity.
For years they put their burgers in styrofoam containers. They only changed when enough people said they wouldn't eat at McDonalds unless they got rid of the those non-biodegrable containers.
Corporations are only "green" when it helps their bottom line.

Yeah and why is that bad? Very few companies are going to go green unless it makes sense to. Their objective is to make the most profit they can and if they do that by being a little more green, I don't see that as a bad thing.

And to jman: they started making salads because everyone was complaining how horrible the rest of their food is for you. The sh!tty thing is that not many people are buying the salads. Maybe it's because people realize the food is bad for you and go their anyway. Nobody walks into a McDonald's or say a pizza place and expects to eat healthy food.

That being said, I don't eat at McDonald's because their food blows.

I was just kidding with my post

The complaint many have with the menu is hilarious. Nothing healthy? DON'T EAT THERE. The fact that McD's put salads on the menu and people still line up for the burgers and fries just shows why people go there.

 

[sandorski]

Didn't you mean: Damned Dirty Hippies take over Mega-Corp McDonalds

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Didn't you mean: Damned Dirty Hippies take over Mega-Corp McDonalds

Yeah, but i didn't feel like pissing off the damned dirty hippies today.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Please tell me where i said it was a "bad" thing....

I didn't but profiteering from your waste hardly makes you green, now if they had changed completely and not only where they can make profits where they couldn't make them before, then you might have a point.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing but it does NOT make McDonalds GREEN.

So you can't make a profit and be green? Also, no one is making McDonalds out to be some awesome hippie company, but they do deserve credit when credit is due.

Are you daft or do you have a reading comprehension problem?

Thing is that if McDonalds WERE green which you claim they are then they wouldn't be using bleeched papers and napkins, now would they sherlock?

I'm just going to put you on my ignore list, you are way to daft to debate anything anyway.

Bye.

:laugh: Talk about daft. Read the topic heading again. See the question mark? I am not claiming they ARE green and never have. No where have I stated they are a great example of a "green" company. It is YOU who ran wild with the "green" thing. But yeah, please don't reply to my posts or in my threads then - you don't seem capable of handling yourself in them anyway.

Ahhh, it's the game of implications, are you by any chance a student of Rumsfeld?

I'm not saying anything but there are people out there who write on Anandtech who are true morons, they think they know stuff they reall don't have a clue about, one if those people is but that is ok, big daddy will fix it for you.

See how that works?

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

What? What? What? Can you please list the posters who were attacking McDonald's because they are large?

And can you also please demonstrate impartial objectivity of the kind you desire by criticizing McDonald's just a bit. I get sick of people always loving on a company just because they are large. Without doing that you look like a sycophant.

I don't love McDonalds but as I stated - I'll give them credit when credit is due. This is one such case where credit is due. Yet here we have people hating on McDonalds. Because they are large? Maybe - some people are like that. How else do you explain it? Hell, I'm up for ideas but we've seen it before and I'll bet dollars to donuts that it's the anti-corporate nerve being struck.

Well well, a reasonably worded post. I don't know if I would exactly use the word credit because, of course, McDonald's has certainly taken their own interests into account. But what is good for McDonald's in this case I would thing is also good in a general sense and enlightened self interest always works out that way, in my opinion. The rub is always in how enlightened something really is.

But I can understand why people don't like McDonald's because they have traditionally served food that is probably not very good for you. It is wrong, no, to make money ruining people's health? So I think most people have an issue with McDonald's not so much because they are large as because of their food quality, from a health point of view, and the fact that they are large is relevant only in the sense that their largeness makes they known to all. They are a famous example of food isn't too healthy sold to millions who are relatively poor and gravitate to meals that are easy to come by. I think the anti-corporate 'nerve' comes from the fact that they have the financial power via corporation to spread themselves everywhere, and as with other large corporations, to lobby successfully for laws that favor them. Everybody likes a bargain but it takes real knowledge and self control to avoid eating at places like this for your long term health. Poor people have free will, like everybody else, except that statistically they almost always chose what is cheaper now over what might be healthier long term. At any rate is always nice to see somebody asking questions. There is no doubt in my mind that when it comes to corporations there are folk all over the spectrum with much of both ends of it being quite insane.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Naturally i support waste products being converted into something useful but let's not kid ourselves either, they are not doing it out of the goodness of their heart, now are they?

This is so far from recycling it isn't even funny, you really don't understand the concept of recycling, do you? Poor thing...

Never said they were doing out of the kindness of their heart. Here is what was said in my OP:

They have the waste product - why not make it into something that will save them money and be a tad better for the environment.

Now I'm glad you actually responded to the topic but then you had to go and ruin it with your trolling.

troll need a dictionary???

troll need a wiki???


Now I thought you said "bye" a couple trolls ago.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
This is by far the most idiotic thread i have ever read on this forum. (but i haven't been here that long so don't feel too bad about it)

They are getting rid of their waste and making money out of it and you are here to tell us that they do it because they're "green"?

Saving money is not the same as making money. As a bonus they are doing a small part in reducing crude oil dependence as well as lowering their enviromental impact through less emissions.

I fail to see how anyone could construe this as "bad" thing. It seems like a win/win deal all around. Hate on the organization all you want, but at least give them credit for small steps in the right direction.

Nope, never ever ever give them credit for anything - it's all just a ploy - they don't really mean it. They are just looking to line their pockets with gold and fill their pools with wads of cash! :roll:

Boy I get sick of people always hating on a company - just because they are a big corporation. Why not try to give credit where credit is due? Without doing that you look like nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners.

What? What? What? Can you please list the posters who were attacking McDonald's because they are large?

And can you also please demonstrate impartial objectivity of the kind you desire by criticizing McDonald's just a bit. I get sick of people always loving on a company just because they are large. Without doing that you look like a sycophant.

I don't love McDonalds but as I stated - I'll give them credit when credit is due. This is one such case where credit is due. Yet here we have people hating on McDonalds. Because they are large? Maybe - some people are like that. How else do you explain it? Hell, I'm up for ideas but we've seen it before and I'll bet dollars to donuts that it's the anti-corporate nerve being struck.

Well well, a reasonably worded post. I don't know if I would exactly use the word credit because, of course, McDonald's has certainly taken their own interests into account. But what is good for McDonald's in this case I would thing is also good in a general sense and enlightened self interest always works out that way, in my opinion. The rub is always in how enlightened something really is.

But I can understand why people don't like McDonald's because they have traditionally served food that is probably not very good for you. It is wrong, no, to make money ruining people's health? So I think most people have an issue with McDonald's not so much because they are large as because of their food quality, from a health point of view, and the fact that they are large is relevant only in the sense that their largeness makes they known to all. They are a famous example of food isn't too healthy sold to millions who are relatively poor and gravitate to meals that are easy to come by. I think the anti-corporate 'nerve' comes from the fact that they have the financial power via corporation to spread themselves everywhere, and as with other large corporations, to lobby successfully for laws that favor them. Everybody likes a bargain but it takes real knowledge and self control to avoid eating at places like this for your long term health. Poor people have free will, like everybody else, except that statistically they almost always chose what is cheaper now over what might be healthier long term. At any rate is always nice to see somebody asking questions. There is no doubt in my mind that when it comes to corporations there are folk all over the spectrum with much of both ends of it being quite insane.

There are plenty of threads to discuss the right or wrongness of selling things that ruin people's health - or heck start one. This thread happens to be about a corporation taking a step in the right direction by recycling their used oil which gets processed into biodiesel. As with most any profitable corporation, the things they do may not be altruistic - they should be credited with finding something to do with their waste that is positive.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Shivetya
So the question is,

How are governments going to recoup the fuel taxes they lose?

You know they won't give that up lightly, no matter if there is a benefit to the environment

They'll make sure that the refinery gets taxed and regulated to death. I'm waiting for some do-gooder liberal to push for legislation making small refinery operations become registered. Hell, if you have a diesel, extra garage space, a couple grand to start up, and some time - you could make your own biodiesel. I looked into it a while back but I don't have anything that runs diesel.

They already do it for ethanol production. Because you're required to register with ATF if you're going to make it, you'll then get a tax bill on its production. I'd be shocked if there aren't already proposals for biodiesel.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

http://www.indystar.com/apps/p...07180428/1003/BUSINESS

"They are pushing beyond what the trucking industry has already decided to do. Because of their size, I think they will create economies of scale for more efficient trucks," said Daniel Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming program.

Analyst Chaz G. Jones from Morgan, Keegan & Co said he is not aware of any other trucking operator pushing as hard as Wal-Mart on fuel efficiency.

Kudos to Walmart for pushing for more efficient rigs. :thumbsup:

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Strk

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Shivetya
So the question is,

How are governments going to recoup the fuel taxes they lose?

You know they won't give that up lightly, no matter if there is a benefit to the environment

They'll make sure that the refinery gets taxed and regulated to death. I'm waiting for some do-gooder liberal to push for legislation making small refinery operations become registered. Hell, if you have a diesel, extra garage space, a couple grand to start up, and some time - you could make your own biodiesel. I looked into it a while back but I don't have anything that runs diesel.

They already do it for ethanol production. Because you're required to register with ATF if you're going to make it, you'll then get a tax bill on its production. I'd be shocked if there aren't already proposals for biodiesel.

Yeah, and that's too bad because it really doesn't take a whole lot to make it, unlike ethanol.

"Home" kits: http://www.homebiodieselkits.com/homeprocessors.html

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
http://www.indystar.com/apps/p...07180428/1003/BUSINESS

"They are pushing beyond what the trucking industry has already decided to do. Because of their size, I think they will create economies of scale for more efficient trucks," said Daniel Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming program.

Analyst Chaz G. Jones from Morgan, Keegan & Co said he is not aware of any other trucking operator pushing as hard as Wal-Mart on fuel efficiency.

Kudos to Walmart for pushing for more efficient rigs. :thumbsup:

They're just trying to save money on gas!!!

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
http://www.indystar.com/apps/p...07180428/1003/BUSINESS

"They are pushing beyond what the trucking industry has already decided to do. Because of their size, I think they will create economies of scale for more efficient trucks," said Daniel Becker, director of the Sierra Club's global warming program.

Analyst Chaz G. Jones from Morgan, Keegan & Co said he is not aware of any other trucking operator pushing as hard as Wal-Mart on fuel efficiency.

Kudos to Walmart for pushing for more efficient rigs. :thumbsup:

Maybe they'll stop hiring illegals now.

 

[manowar821]

No hell is not freezing over, this is exactly how companies get good press.

It's business.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/n...third.cfm?NewsID=35376

"By converting the cooking oil from its 1,200 restaurants in Britain into biodiesel, McDonald's said it could save 1.5 million gallons of gasoline used by its delivery fleet in the U.K."

:thumbsup: It's nice to see McDonalds doing this. They have the waste product - why not make it into something that will save them money and be a tad better for the environment.

No, they are evil because they hypnotize people in to eating their fatty unhealthy foods with their advertising campaigns. I am sure this news pleases MBP greatly, however.

How do they hypnotize people into eating their food?

Sarcasm, do you know what it is?

Sarcasm, how well it works in written text and little context.

Meh, you people are really gullible

I thought the reference to Manbearpig would make it even more clear that I was joking.

glutenberg <---- gullible.

I think I missed the manbearpig thread so that's probably why that didn't sink in.