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 $31 billion, we are a central pillar of our state’s economy,” Mr. Haley said. “Like Palisade peaches, Coors beer, and the Denver Broncos, local energy production is about as Colorado as it gets.”
Fans of the industry countered on Twitter with their own hashtag: #oilandgasIScolorado.
Jake Taylor@jp_taylor88Hey @Starbucks I think this mug perfectly represents #Colorado! Everything on here is something that makes CO great! #oilandgasISColorado #EnergyProud
Starbucks did not immediately return a request for comment.
Starbucks drew cheers from environmentalists after announcing July 9 that it will phase out its plastic straws and replace them with strawless lids and “alternative material” straws, a move aimed at reducing ocean waste.
Critics have countered that it takes more energy to produce paper straws and that plastic straws represent a minute percentage of the waste, pointing to a recent study showing that 93 percent of ocean plastic pours in from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa.
Advocates for the disabled have also slammed the company’s move, pointing out that many customers with disabilities cannot drink their beverages without plastic straws.
Read more at The Washington Times
Gosh, what a bunch of whiners. I suppose this image done by a professional photographer to showcase the beauty and productivity of Colorado won’t help.
Enviros need to learn to pick their battles. This one makes them look petty and intolerant.
I need to learn to resist the urge to tell them to STFU when I see stuff like this. 😉
In the famous words of Nelson:
My new Illinois license plates, which they apparent furnish when your car is ~16 years old, features an old style windmill on the plate.
Talk about rubbing salt into a wound.
It’s Starbucks… who give a flying @ur momisugly#$?
They can’t even understand the concept of small, medium and large. I had their coffee… ONCE. Never again. I’ve had better coffee tainted with DFM and salt.
If you want your coffee made by arrogant unhygienic booger eating morons, more power to you.
nice touch with the moniker
https://youtu.be/Dh4p57p5Qfc
Note that none of the trees on the mug have beetle kill. Why isn’t that represented on the mug. It is as much a signature of Colorado as any other thing represented on the mug, and it is a sure sign of gorebull warming as anything else in the natural environment.
Such total crap !
A person could also say that an oil rig represents the comfort level that humans in developed countries have achieved; it represents the ability NOT to freeze to death; it represents all the conveniences of modern civilization.
A water faucet represents the drownings of young people every year; it represents water-board torture; it represents the horrible damage to our cities due to flooding.
A car represents the large number of young people killed on the highways every year; it represents the high cost of mechanics; it represents running out of gas on a lonely, country backroad at night.
The sun represents burning from UVA and UVB; it represents skin cancer; it represents crop failure from lack of rain-bearing clouds.
Come the day when the gas stations have attendants checking cars for obvious signs of GangGreen which when detected prompts the attendants to deny the drivers access to the fuel. ‘Sorry sir/madam, You seem to have found your way to a fuel station – our products produce CO2 and we’re here to assist you in adhering to your principles by not selling you any fuel”
But we don’t want to upset them – can’t be discriminatory, that’s bad! ..”So we have throat-ropes which can be applied by your good selves to minimize or even halt your own personal emissions of CO2 if applied correctly, these are a courtesy item and free. Please, take as many as you wish and have a lovely CO2 free day”
“throat-ropes ”
A suaver term was used by a Ring Lardner character: “hemp collars”
This is nothing more than a continuation of the Leftist strategy to attack any and everything, no matter how minor that is American whether it is the founding fathers and apparently the founding documents or whether it is any representations of the real world today that someone might think make the USA look good. Their ultimate goal is to push and push until they ultimately get a violent reaction from those that have had enough. The best counter is to vote come November. Elections are won or lost by turn out. And yes, if the Left doesn’t get their way they will push even harder after the election than now but at least we have a better chance of moving farther way from the path to international socialism.
To show my support for Colorado drilling, I got my mug. I was worried that Starbucks, which is 100% dependent on oil for its drive-through business, would pull the mug off the shelfs and replace it with one containing only flowers as that would offend no one and everyone (well, almost everyone that knew what happened to the other mug). I give it a week before Starbucks quietly removes this eyesore from their shelves.
When I was on a motorcycle drive through Craig, CO, I stopped in a restaurant that proudly displayed a sign “Friends of Coal!” https://www.friendsofcoal.org/
Another organization I can support having worked on a large scale Coal-to-Liquids project for 7 years in Denver. Coal powers a 1,283 MW power plant just outside of Craig, and they are proud of it. Got to love them.
CO is suspiciously close to CO2. I demand the states initials be changed to CD. /sarc
Long’s peak and the pump look perfectly compatible
I don’t have ANY idea what the environuts are whining about – the pump-jacks are definitely NOT made of plastic and therefore CANNOT fill the ocean with plastic bits!
They should commission a coffee mug showing the Animas River after the EPA released 3 million gallons of toxic waste into it.
“..look petty and intolerant.” They ARE petty and intolerant.
Gee, they should have put a pic of a coal mine on the mug…
‘Most of the coal used in Colorado is its own, although the state also imports coal from Wyoming. About 70 percent of the coal produced in Colorado is a high-grade bituminous coal with low ash and sulfur contents. Coal-fired power plants produce about 70% of the electricity generated in Colorado.’
Colorado and coal – SourceWatch
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Colorado_and_coal
And look up “The great Colorado coal mine strike of 1917″….
made a huge difference in labor relations , politics , etc.
Here are newer stats.
According to EIA’s 2016 summary, coal power generation was down to 55%, mostly from displacement by natural gas, wind and a small amount of solar.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/energyoffice/electricity-overview
The Dem candidate for governor Polis, wants 100% renewable power by 2040.
The mug is about the only thing I would buy at Starbucks. I don’t drink coffee and pass on their silly crunchy biscuits, but I’d support them with the cup.
“I need to learn to resist the urge to tell them to STFU when I see stuff like this.”
No you don’t! Call it like you see it.
“This one makes them look petty and intolerant.”
It’s what they’ve got.
Have never bought any coffee from any of these large chain coffee shops. But where can I order one of these mugs,might be a bit expensive with international shipping (more CO2 for the plants) but I’d like one.
James Bull
Methinks it’s Heidi Henkel who is a danger to the well-being of our children.
..“An oil rig doesn’t represent Colorado. Colorado is colorful; Colorado is scenic,” North Range co-founder Susan Noble told Denver7 News….
Perhaps, to better represent modern Colorado, they could keep the oil pump but surround it with a crowd of protesters…?
Susan Noble: “I am shocked to find drilling going on here”
Gas station attendant: “Your car is fueled and ready to drive”
Susan Noble: “Oh, thank you very much”.
They are dumb. They are naive. They are LEFTISTS.
Each one smoking that legalized “herbalidge” of course !
An oil rig doesn’t represent Colorado. Colorado is colorful; Colorado is scenic,” North Range co-founder Susan Noble told Denver7 News.
If Colorado is colorful and scenic despite the oil and gas industry, then fossil fuels can’t be having much impact.
I lived in Colorado for then years. I gave my house to the bank and left when the price of oil dropped and wiped out all the jobs.
This reaction by radical environmentalists is entirely consistent with the pattern of worrying more about image than substance. This rigidly enforced conformism is no different from a cult or a pseudo-religious movement that tries to coerce everyone to adopt a sacred dogma and change thier whole pattern of existence based on a belief system with no factual foundation. It is what you do to have your way when facts and reality are not on your side.
Bets this is our Kristi SilbeR?
Kristi@TheMountainSun
No 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 …
Just in case you needed more proof that she doesn’t know jack.
Where can I get one of those cups? I’m trapped in Ohio.
I guess Susan Noble has never driven outside of the city. These pumps are all over the place in the plains of Colorado.
a liberal greenie getting mad at a liberal artist?? ill get my popcorn