From the “visual intolerance” department comes this hilarious bit of whining…
From the Washington Times:
Less than two weeks after putting the kibosh on plastic straws, Starbucks has run afoul of the environmental movement with a newly released mug showcasing Colorado’s oil-and-gas industry.
The blue Colorado mug, part of the coffee giant’s “Been There” series touting the distinctive features of U.S. states and cities, included drawings of bighorn sheep, pine trees, mountains, skiers — and a drilling rig. [oil pump aka “pump jack” -ed.]
Fracking foe Heidi Henkel of Broomfield called it “super insensitive,” while the anti-fracking group North Range Concerned Citizens launched the hashtag #oilandgasisnotcolorado.
“An oil rig doesn’t represent Colorado. Colorado is colorful; Colorado is scenic,” North Range co-founder Susan Noble told Denver7 News. “An oil rig represents the dangers to our children’s health; it represents the dangers to our air; it represents the dangers to our landscape.”
Kristi@TheMountainSunNo response @Starbucks ? It is time to remove these from the shelves. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/360/starbucks-colorado-been-there-coffee-mug-sparks-controversy …
Starbucks’ Colorado ‘Been There’ coffee mug sparks controversy
Starbucks’ latest Colorado coffee mug captures the mountain essentials, but one element included on the cup is brewing up, what some might call, a venti sized controversy.
thedenverchannel.com
North Range Concerned Citizens@NRConcernedWtf, @Starbucks? Who paid you? #oilandgasisnotcolorado
Dan Haley, president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, said the inclusion of the oil-and-gas industry was appropriate, given its 150-year history and impact on the state.
“With over 100,000 workers and an annual economic impact of more than $31 billion, we are a central pillar of our state’s economy,” Mr. Haley said. “Like Palisade peaches, Coors beer, and the Denver Broncos, local energy production is about as Colorado as it gets.”
Fans of the industry countered on Twitter with their own hashtag: #oilandgasIScolorado.
Jake Taylor@jp_taylor88Hey @Starbucks I think this mug perfectly represents #Colorado! Everything on here is something that makes CO great! #oilandgasISColorado #EnergyProud
Starbucks did not immediately return a request for comment.
Starbucks drew cheers from environmentalists after announcing July 9 that it will phase out its plastic straws and replace them with strawless lids and “alternative material” straws, a move aimed at reducing ocean waste.
Critics have countered that it takes more energy to produce paper straws and that plastic straws represent a minute percentage of the waste, pointing to a recent study showing that 93 percent of ocean plastic pours in from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa.
Advocates for the disabled have also slammed the company’s move, pointing out that many customers with disabilities cannot drink their beverages without plastic straws.
Read more at The Washington Times
Gosh, what a bunch of whiners. I suppose this image done by a professional photographer to showcase the beauty and productivity of Colorado won’t help.
Enviros need to learn to pick their battles. This one makes them look petty and intolerant.
I need to learn to resist the urge to tell them to STFU when I see stuff like this. 😉
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…and this is the democrats base
” This one makes them look petty and intolerant”
Again ? No !
Enviros are petty and intolerant.
Besides, whoever “designed” this mug should be sacked immediately. It’s looks like sh*t. The most awful random collection of junk images I’ve ever seen. It looks like a 5 year old drew it using MS Paint.
You would think Starbucks would want something people would want to see and use, so that it acts as brand advertising. The best anyone will do with this is put it in the shed to store nails in.
Future permanent resident of a thrift store shelf, perhaps?
Well obviously you do not understand how it looks when you are stoned out of your mind.
You would think Starbucks would want something people would want to see and use
Why would you ?, who actually gives a toss about the cup, only the size matters surely.
Its the drink not the cup people pay for,, all cups are equal
I’ll stick with my Dr Who mug with the disappearing TARDIS.
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Actually it is a good example of modern art, plus it reflects current life. Fracking is a God-send to make life better for everyone. Only the far-left is blind to reality.
Amazing no one complained that the mug was made in China by child slave labor and fired using electricity from coal fired power plants, transported by a bunker oil Chinese tramp steamer and delivered to the Starbucks locations by diesel powered trucks. Along with their favorite fair trade organic chai soy lattes of course.
Shoshin :
Ssshhhh ! Next thing you know you will be accused of UPSETTING
someone ! Can’t have that !
Talk about living in a bubble with your own alternative reality !
Who needs VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES…..it’s already here !
Deep deep trouble for the perception manager team
nope, just let the greenies know that they are misinterpreting the artistic representation/depiction of that specific cutting edge windmill design.
Maybe but it will cost in terms of PR consultants, artist groups, and Sierra Club payoffs
You mean the Sierra Dung club?
Another look at the mug “obviously” shows that the derrick has been decommissioned.
“This is a good thing,” says the starbucks PR folks, “it can show how Colorado is moving into the future and away from fossil fuels. We think our artist has done a fantastic job”
It’s a Seesaw for children, counter weighted for one fat child, we are so inclusive and tolerant, fat kids will get invited by the skinny kids just to make it work. Social engineering at its best.
The greenies in Boulder (a couple of miles from Broomfield) are unhinged over oil drilling near the surrounding cities. They are trying to shut down all drilling in the area. Of course they refer to it as “Fracking” which is just one portion of the drilling process, showing their ignorance. The City Council of Boulder has hired an attorney to sue Exxon Mobile similar to the suites in California and New York that have recently been shut down. I wish they would outlaw petroleum products in their (our) county so the greenies would have their dream come true. (sarc)
Boulder is also the one that passed a law saying that airplanes couldn’t fly lower than (something like) 10,000 feet over the city. It seems that an airplane towed an advertising flag over CU stadium during one home coming football game and some old lady complained that it interfered with her quality of life. Of course they had to resend it when the FAA threatened to shut down the Boulder Airport.
Boulder became the eastern province of the ‘Land of Fruits and Nuts’ a long time ago, which actually helped me since I made enough money selling my mountain house to buy a 44 ft. sailboat and spend 6-7 years sailing the Gulf, Florida, East Coast and N.W. Caribbean before returning to consulting. That made up for the 30-35 years of 60 to 80 hour work weeks.
Perhaps the rescinded the order, rather than re-sent it?
Perhaps they….
These folks have a perfect way to object: simply refuse to accept money, and refuse the benefits of oil, or the use of oil products.
Ms. Henkel’s house has a three car garage, which seems strange, natural gas forced air heating and likely a natural gas water heater or two. Perhaps someone could ask for permission to turn off her gas supply.
https://www.redfin.com/CO/Broomfield/14049-Park-Cove-Dr-80023/home/35487957#overview
I suppose it could be airbrushed into a marijuana joint by the end of the weekend along with extensive mandatory training of the employees on correctness.
The organic black blob, maybe. Perhaps it’s a water pump.
It looks like a “Sipping Bird” to me.
I had one of those, and I thought it was cool. My cat killed it.
Starbucks should have depicted mining dump tailings piles and gushing mine wastewater deluges instead?
and here I thought the government was our savior.
Did anyone ever get punished for this nonsense? That was a real environmental disaster, unlike the magical CO2 nutrient.
It’s not a drilling rig, it’s a pump or pump jack.
Just shows how little they know about a subject they claim to be so important to them and the future of the air, the children , the world, life on Earth …..
Calling that image a drilling rig is the final proof they don’t know jack.
I guess that is the idea, but the drawing is so cartoonish that one is hard pressed to explain how that thing could bring oil out of the ground.
Try this link — fun thing:
The Coalinga Iron Zoo
🙂 thanks! theyre cute and ingeneous
such a pity to hear theyre not being maintained;-(
However, you have to have a drilling rig to drill the hole for the pumping jack. So…
And you have to have an extending crane to build a large building but a building is not as crane and the crane is removed before the building is finished. SO!
Yet they want to litter the state from plain to mountain ridge with 100m wind turbines and 1000 hectare solar arrays .
Reminds me of a song, “Rocky Mountain high! Now brought low….”
Want to? It’s been done…and continues apace. (Sigh.)
I wonder if a modern Diogenes could find a single environmental wacko honest enough to actually NOT be routinely using hosts of petroleum-based products each and every living moment of their lives?
Exactly … I have been SHOCKED at the gawd AWWWWWFUL wind “farms” (sorry, farms sounds too bucolic) littering pristine landscapes across our great and beautiful country. They are abhorrent monuments to stupidity. Don’t call them farms … call them blights. Wind blights. View blights. Vista blights. Eco blights. Landscape blights and insults.
I still recall Santa Barbara students protesting the visual blight of offshore drilling platforms in So Cal. After they had finally learned that tar on the local beaches was from NATURAL seepage (not oil “spills”) … they attacked the “visibility” of the platforms as UNacceptable. Yet now, take it up the visual arse for wind blight. Smh
They’re Wind Subsidy Farms.
Sabotage to knock them out would eventually result in them being taken down. At least the metal salvage companies could make some money.
In actuality, most of the state is not well suited for wind power, despite subsidies. There are some good spots on the Eastern and Northeastern plains of Colorado, however, from the generation perspective, ignoring negative impacts (high cost, bird slicing, etc.).
Umm… that’s not a “drilling rig,” it’s a pump!
I’ve never seen a bigger group of unhinged lunatics in my life & I lived through the 60’s.
The hippies are in charge of the left now.
And continue to behave like the 60s never ended.
Me too. I even attended Berkeley in the 60’s and I have to agree with you.
I was going to say something along the lines that she should be the poster child for “super-hyper-sensitivity” but there are so many others that would also qualify on a variety of subjects.
But I do wonder about her genealogy. Can she see herself when she looks in a mirror? Is she related to Dracula?
She is clearly a parasite, and vampires are parasites….
Folks such as her do tend to demonstrate a near complete lack of self-reflection.
The sad thing is, she’s cereal. Super-cereal.
NOT a drilling rig. A pump jack.
Thought it was a nodding donkey.
Me too!
it strikes me there is great potential there for graffiti – ‘drill rigs’ with the letters MAGA underneath. How about Drill Baby Drill – MAGA or even Frack Baby Frack – MAGA
Wyoming has at least one painted red, white and blue.
K K,
see my reply above about the Coalinga Iron Zoo
Less ‘Mill, More Drill! — MAGA
It’s super insensitive to pick on people trying to make a living providing a much needed resource!
Just for the record, that is not a “drilling rig” nor a “oil rig”. That is a pump jack. These are installed after the well is drilled. The pump jack simply pumps oil out of the previously drilled well.
headline fixed, the Washington Times article has an added note now.
Which according to these unhinged goofballs … is KILLING young children. KILLING the planet. Sheesh.
… and stupid, and ignorant. I don’t see a drilling rig. I do see a pump jack.
As has been pointed out, the image is not a drilling rig but a pump to bring up oil.
Makes me wonder what they would say if the pump was driven by a windmill like the plains’ farms water pumps used to be?
Some still are.
Would their heads explode or just split?
Probably implode from abject lack of content.
I want that mug. I will buy on now before Starbucks takes them off display.
I don’t even drink coffee, but I want a set of those mugs! These shiners just made’m a collectors item!
How much was it, Dr. Bob?
No one ever said “People’s Republics”, like Boulder, had populations able to apply their brains to any but narrow subjects. Boulder depends on taxes—federal and state—much derived from oil. And, of course, without cheap energy and the many things oil makes possible many of these same screaming people would probably starve.
” probably starve ” or freeze.
Winter temperature in Boulder often goes below -20° F.
“I need to learn to resist the urge to tell them to STFU when I see stuff like this.”
For the sake of us all, PLEASE DON’T. There is a limit, we cannot allow the lunatics to completely take over the asylum.
Anthony, your STFU is better heard than mine! Say it again. Say it again louder!
About pump jacks; the pump is at the end of the bridle at the head, and sucker rods all the way down at the bearing zone.
What does STFU refer to? Sh@t, T@t, Fu#k you???
The U is for “Up” as in “Shut The F… Up”
Thanks, I keep seeing this…I hate acronyms…
For your further edification:
* LOL = Laugh Out Loud
* WTF = What The F___ [not to be confused with WUWT = Watts Up With That]
* ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A__ Off [sometimes shortened to just LMAO = Laughing My A__ Off]
* IMO = In My Opinion
… and there’s surely a bunch more, but the above are probably the most popular and frequently used.
Now let’s use them in sentences, as an exercise:
WTF is up with the IPCC and the Green Climate Fund ?
IMO the greenhouse effect is not well established.
Whenever someone cites Dr. Mann as a supporting reference, I LOL.
Antifa will probably step in and handle this in their own diplomatic way. Shame on Starbucks. … and nobody noticed they used a blue colored goat image too? As a proud Capricorn I am OUTRAGED!!
Not to mention the kayak, a representation of rotational molding of oil-based plastics.
That’s not an oil pump rig–that’s a carnival ride called the Hammer Head!
looks like an automated laxative insertion device to help the unicorns produce their magical farts. I don’t see what the fuss is about.
I presume Ms Susan Noble doesn’t use gasoline or other products derived from oil.
Why not change the pumping jack drawing on the mug with one of a scene of mountains covered with windmills and solar panels. This would shows how the greenies would like colorful and scenic Colorado to look.
Also don’t allow them access to any fossil fuel based products.
Don’t production of mugs and printing images on mugs require fossil fuel products and procedures ?
No fossil fuels = No mugs to worry about. Problem solved.