It was from there that he wrestled with the concepts of need and want, and the reality of necessity. Certainly not the bison or beaver, the panda or penguin. Water is vital to our existence, yet we have allowed multinational corporations to convince us that things go better with Coke.
Plain water is no longer sufficient to quench our thirsts.
Starbucks has just announced plans for caffeinated water. Now, I'm not talking about the pedestrian hunter-gathers of the Amazon or the aquatic foragers of North America. What I'm talking about is the obese culture of fast-food America. Not content with seasonal fruit and vegetables and organically raised livestock products, we have become a nation of consumers who consider Cheetos nutritional. Of course not.