Apr 8, 2022 07:06 PM
Bill Nye, the Sellout Guy
https://gizmodo.com/bill-nye-sells-out-s...1848763404
EXCERPT: [...] This week, Coca-Cola, one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters, teamed up with TV’s favorite scientist [Bill Nye] for a campaign to create a “world without waste,” a joke of a corporate greenwashing campaign.
In a video innocuously titled “The Coca-Cola Company and Bill Nye Demystify Recycling,” an animated version of Nye—with a head made out of a plastic bottle and his signature bow tie fashioned from a Coke label—walks viewers through the ways “the good people at the Coca-Cola company are dedicating themselves to addressing our global plastic waste problem.”
[...] The video is, on the surface, an accurate depiction of the process of recycling a beverage bottle. The problem lies in what recycling can actually do. Nye paints a rosy picture in the video of plastic Coke bottles being recycled “again and again”—but if everything worked like he’s said, we wouldn’t be facing plastic pollution that has grown fourfold over the past few decades. Thanks to concerted lobbying efforts, the public has been led to believe that recycling is the cure for our disastrous plastic addiction. What it does in actuality is place the burden of responsibility on the consumer and allow companies like Coca-Cola to get away with no repercussions for their waste.
Most of those plastics can only be reused once or twice before ending up in a landfill. Nye, for all his talk of science on TV, should know this. Over recycling’s 60-year history, less than 10% of plastic that has been produced has ever been recycled. And while in theory, PET—the type of plastic that makes bottles—can be recycled more times than other types of plastic, that’s not usually what happens...
[...] There’s also a particular irony in Coca-Cola using Nye to send this message. The company produces about 3.3 million U.S. tons of plastic packaging per year, and has been named one of the most polluting brands in the world by multiple different audits... Recruiting the public’s favorite Science Guy, who has been outspoken on climate change, isn’t an accident—it’s part of the company’s strategy to publicly cut ties with the oil industry while continuing to use oil products... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRadzzvQNY
What's going on with Elon Musk and Twitter? Will he buy it?
https://insideevs.com/news/578300/tesla-...er-future/
EXCERPTS: At this point, you're probably well aware of the fact that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought a huge stake in Twitter. [...] Now, Musk is going to be on the Twitter board, and while some people appear to be excited, others seem scared.
Some might say that fans of Tesla and Musk are likely to have positive thoughts on the CEO's Twitter ventures, while those who don't approve of the CEO may feel very differently, though it's not clear-cut. We've seen Tesla and Musk fans post on Twitter that they're uneasy about what the future of Twitter will hold with Musk on the board. At the same time, some folks who don't appear to be Tesla owners or fans are voicing their approval of potential changes that may lie ahead thanks to Musk's involvement.
To be clear, we have no idea what Musk plans to do regarding the future of Twitter. With that said, we aren't ready to form an opinion. Until some obvious changes to the social media platform appear, it honestly doesn't make much sense to "take sides." At this point, it's going to be a waiting game to see when and if anything major comes out of Musk's appointment to the Twitter board.
[...] Musk doesn't "own" Twitter by any means. Moreover, he's just one of a group of board members, so while his opinion will be considered, he's not in charge. Nonetheless, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives .... believes Musk will increase his stake. Ives said:
"This is just the appetizer. Ultimately, we believe he will have an active stake over the coming weeks or month. This is just a start. I think he will have a broader strategic focus on Twitter, whether it's changing the slate, changing the management team or ultimately a buyout. Just to be clear, this is just a start of what I believe is going to be a much more active role for Musk at Twitter.”
Ives' comment came ahead of more details about Musk's new role on the Twitter board. When Musk was asked to join the Twitter board, a rule was instated that he can't have a stake in Twitter that exceeds 14.9% while serving on the board. So, people who may be worried that Musk is going to "take over Twitter" or "buy Twitter outright" can probably relax a bit, at least for now... (MORE - missing details)
https://gizmodo.com/bill-nye-sells-out-s...1848763404
EXCERPT: [...] This week, Coca-Cola, one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters, teamed up with TV’s favorite scientist [Bill Nye] for a campaign to create a “world without waste,” a joke of a corporate greenwashing campaign.
In a video innocuously titled “The Coca-Cola Company and Bill Nye Demystify Recycling,” an animated version of Nye—with a head made out of a plastic bottle and his signature bow tie fashioned from a Coke label—walks viewers through the ways “the good people at the Coca-Cola company are dedicating themselves to addressing our global plastic waste problem.”
[...] The video is, on the surface, an accurate depiction of the process of recycling a beverage bottle. The problem lies in what recycling can actually do. Nye paints a rosy picture in the video of plastic Coke bottles being recycled “again and again”—but if everything worked like he’s said, we wouldn’t be facing plastic pollution that has grown fourfold over the past few decades. Thanks to concerted lobbying efforts, the public has been led to believe that recycling is the cure for our disastrous plastic addiction. What it does in actuality is place the burden of responsibility on the consumer and allow companies like Coca-Cola to get away with no repercussions for their waste.
Most of those plastics can only be reused once or twice before ending up in a landfill. Nye, for all his talk of science on TV, should know this. Over recycling’s 60-year history, less than 10% of plastic that has been produced has ever been recycled. And while in theory, PET—the type of plastic that makes bottles—can be recycled more times than other types of plastic, that’s not usually what happens...
[...] There’s also a particular irony in Coca-Cola using Nye to send this message. The company produces about 3.3 million U.S. tons of plastic packaging per year, and has been named one of the most polluting brands in the world by multiple different audits... Recruiting the public’s favorite Science Guy, who has been outspoken on climate change, isn’t an accident—it’s part of the company’s strategy to publicly cut ties with the oil industry while continuing to use oil products... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRadzzvQNY
What's going on with Elon Musk and Twitter? Will he buy it?
https://insideevs.com/news/578300/tesla-...er-future/
EXCERPTS: At this point, you're probably well aware of the fact that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought a huge stake in Twitter. [...] Now, Musk is going to be on the Twitter board, and while some people appear to be excited, others seem scared.
Some might say that fans of Tesla and Musk are likely to have positive thoughts on the CEO's Twitter ventures, while those who don't approve of the CEO may feel very differently, though it's not clear-cut. We've seen Tesla and Musk fans post on Twitter that they're uneasy about what the future of Twitter will hold with Musk on the board. At the same time, some folks who don't appear to be Tesla owners or fans are voicing their approval of potential changes that may lie ahead thanks to Musk's involvement.
To be clear, we have no idea what Musk plans to do regarding the future of Twitter. With that said, we aren't ready to form an opinion. Until some obvious changes to the social media platform appear, it honestly doesn't make much sense to "take sides." At this point, it's going to be a waiting game to see when and if anything major comes out of Musk's appointment to the Twitter board.
[...] Musk doesn't "own" Twitter by any means. Moreover, he's just one of a group of board members, so while his opinion will be considered, he's not in charge. Nonetheless, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives .... believes Musk will increase his stake. Ives said:
"This is just the appetizer. Ultimately, we believe he will have an active stake over the coming weeks or month. This is just a start. I think he will have a broader strategic focus on Twitter, whether it's changing the slate, changing the management team or ultimately a buyout. Just to be clear, this is just a start of what I believe is going to be a much more active role for Musk at Twitter.”
Ives' comment came ahead of more details about Musk's new role on the Twitter board. When Musk was asked to join the Twitter board, a rule was instated that he can't have a stake in Twitter that exceeds 14.9% while serving on the board. So, people who may be worried that Musk is going to "take over Twitter" or "buy Twitter outright" can probably relax a bit, at least for now... (MORE - missing details)