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Now, whether or not the movie is any good is still up in the air.
I, however, will give Mr. Cameron the benefit of the doubt until I see the movie.
As long as this isn't another True Lies, I'll be happy.
To my knowledge he hasn't made a bad sci-fi action movie yet. (Xenogensis and Piranha's 2 don't count.)
The Abyss, Aliens, T1 & T2? Golden.
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How do these even work? I would my webcame be able to render a 3D interactive element? I'm assuming some kind of software is required?
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It flopped from what I can tell.
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1 empty can = 13.6 grams = 0.0299828677 pounds
.029983 * 75,380,201,500 (cans/year) = around 2,260,124,580 pounds of aluminum a year or 1,130,062.29 tons.
The Empire State Building weighs approximately 370,000 tons. The amount of cans produced every year by Coke alone is three times the weight of the Empire State Building.
**All conversions and statistics are easily found doing simple Google searches.**
11/19/09
Great idea,
But you r so right
those two will get wet when they hear about it.
^__^
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iCan
or a part of revenue,
or ,
they would think of something.
11/29/09
You learn something every day...
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However, another problem I can think if is when these cans are stacked really high (i.e. for storage). In that case they are subjected to a great amount of compressional force which could theoretically cause the can to collapse if the structural integrity of the cylinder is compromised and there's enough downward compressional force from the weight of the inventory.
11/19/09
The embossing most definitely reduces the strength of the can, both from the pressure vessel aspect and the column forces. It would not flatten the embossing (for starters, the "emboss" is actually protruding from the can in these pictures, but that doesn't even matter) it would just burst at one of the corners. Stacking will not be a problem (empty cans can take over 100 lbs of vertical force before crushing, full cans can take much more for a variety of reasons).
The main thing here is that cans are considerably overbuilt right now. Adding the design shouldn't be a problem, strength wise. Cost, is another concern. Can factories are designed to form regular cans, and paint them. Retooling would be considerably expensive, and I imagine the embossing would be a more difficult process than painting. Not to mention the fact that embossing uses energy too. If it cost any more money to do this, there is no way they would do it. Multiply a tenth of a cent by 25 billion and you'll realize why they won't.
This of course, is ignoring the fact that marketing loves colors. This is never going to happen. Imagine a store refrigerator filled with these. Normally, you grab the red can and know it's a Coke. What if Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, etc, all have the same color can? You need to look way too close to differentiate.
It is cool if a single brand did it, but that defeats most of the purpose.
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i could not find any statistics about the global recycling rate of cans but im pretty sure its very low. most articles rate it around 50 percent and those are US articles. i am sure the rate is lower in other parts of the world.
the number of cans disposed of is estimated to a trillion.
so even if i take the very high recycling rate of california of 73% that still means 27% of cans wasted.
i personally do not use cans and i do not purchase plastic bottles because it makes me sick if i think of all the trash produced from one single consumption.
i am lucky enough to live in austria where we can enjoy tab water of very high quality. So if im thirsty ... i drink water. But i have to confess: If i am out doing sports i sometimes get me a plastic bottle to carry with me. Thats me being lazy, i guess i should switch to a reusable bottle in the future. #tips
11/19/09
And what about all the fine print?
11/19/09
It will certainly affect the cost of production, it is much cheaper to paint a can using existing line equipment rather than implement new embossing techniques.
I don't know the cost for embossing aluminum, but from my experience working in Print Shops in my youth, embossing a printed sheet of paper, more than doubled it's cost over simple printing.
Plus add in that that printing out dietary info and ingredients lists required in the US and most other countries would be impractical using embossing and they would have to resort to using a label , inkjet, some laser etching.
Foil pouches like Capri-Sun are probably some of the more efficient packaging methods, but can't really be used for carbonated products.
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#tips
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