http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/29/top-fortune-500-buyers-of-renewable-energy-intel-pepsico-whole-foods/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/29/top-fortune-500-buyers-of-renewable-energy-intel-pepsico-whole-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-142561 richard johnson Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:05:14 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=18894#comment-142561 Pepsi and the other makers of soft drinks are also massive consumers of scarce water supplies, let alone the huge energy and material requirements of their bottling plants and the carbon emissions of their fleets of distribution vehicles. All for a product whose benefits to mankind are questionable, to say the least. So what can be done in free societies to curb such resource-guzzling businesses? Maybe the Chinese will show the way? Pepsi and the other makers of soft drinks are also massive consumers of scarce water supplies, let alone the huge energy and material requirements of their bottling plants and the carbon emissions of their fleets of distribution vehicles. All for a product whose benefits to mankind are questionable, to say the least. So what can be done in free societies to curb such resource-guzzling businesses? Maybe the Chinese will show the way?

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