Comments on: Sun Valley: Cost cutting at Google?

By: Robert MacMillan

Robert MacMillan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:56:07 +0000

John, I think it’s a $16 billion a year topic. They don’t have an International Bottled Water Association for nothing.

As for wasting digital space, do you know how many buckets of coal had to die for you to post your comment? O, the humanity!

By: John Smith

John Smith — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:53:10 +0000

Who cares? You just wasted digital space for this stupid topic.

By: Jenny L

Jenny L — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:36:37 +0000

The changes in the cafes are definitely about something green, and it’s not the environment. Google is dropping many food and beverage products to rein in the cost of their cafes and microkitchens. I know several companies who have had their products dumped with no notice and no regard for the impact on those small businesses.

By: David Needle

David Needle — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:59:09 +0000

I was at the Google San Francisco office the other day (Friday), for a media event and there was bottled water among other drinks available in the dining hall. But there were also pitchers of water at each table, so that seemed the “greener” way to go and what they’re encouraging.

By: r h

r h — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:25:38 +0000

Regardless if its free or not, botteld water is very dangeous to the enviroment so since they also like theior green image they should be rid of it anyhow.

By: Betsy Phair

Betsy Phair — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:43:08 +0000

I think that it’s fantastic that people are realizing that the bottled water industry was built on “hype”. The bottlers convinced us that we needed their product. Very clever. I have been fighting the bottled water industry, namely, Nestle – Arrowhead – for the last 6 years. They are still trying to take spring water from the “source” all over the country. When they do that, they destroy the local ecology and often water sources that are available to the citizens for their own use. People in the depressed communities, where Nestle comes in for the kill, are convinced that the economy of their small, rural towns will improve once they have the jobs from Nestle. Once Nestle establishes a footprint, they tie up these small towns with limited resources, for years in court. Then, it also goes without saying that this fresh, spring water is encased in a petroleum product, plastic bottles. Who would want to drink the stuff? It’s not regulated. Let’s bring back the drinking fountains!

By: alexey

alexey — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:52:56 +0000

time to sell google stocks

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:13:27 +0000

I am curious that how much they will save from removing the free bottled water. This betrayes their attitude or helps save a big money?