fizz, pop, bubble

so, i'm in safeway the other night getting a few things and i shop the way i normally do - one aisle at a time, trying to remember what i wasn't supposed to foget to get

then it strikes me - something i've always known but this time it made me sad because it reveals my realistic attitude that we are doomed

it was the aisle - the one in every major supermarket - with pop down one side and chips down the other

i realized how absurd that is - the amount of materials and energy used to produce those products and bring them to the store, along with the gazillions spent on marketing them; yes, marketing empty calories and carcinogens

in western society, where obese people make up a quarter of the population, do we really need a whole aisle to sell coke and doritos?

imagine if just half the resources to produce these products were used to promote healthier options and organic production of food

anyways, the next step for me is to put my money where my mouth is and eventually eliminate my use of these products - much like quiting smoking, this could be a difficult task, especially when there isn't a patch...