Comments on: World’s Largest Coca-Cola Logo

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:21:08 +0000

For you worldly enviromentalist, the placement of the Coca-Cola sign is in the Atacama Dessert!!! One of the dryest places in the globe! If you ever bother to go to Chile you will quickly learn there is NOTHING there. So dry your eyes and dont fret, better yet find something useful to do.

By: Tammo

Tammo — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:37:05 +0000

Actually quite a few wildfires are ignited by carelessly discarded bottles. Sunlight gets focussed by the glass and lights dry grass or other flammable materials …

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:27:03 +0000

Wait… how do empty bottles ignite wildfire?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:12:25 +0000

don’t know if I should laugh or cry……cry wins.

By: koen

koen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:59:46 +0000

The main road is the panamericana. That sounds like it should carry a decent amound of traffic. And of course they probably managed to get quite some publicity in Chile for this stunt.

By: Tammo

Tammo — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:44:56 +0000

The main road still doesn’t look like it carries vast amounts of traffic though …
And while glass is inert, it could be recycled instead of being dumped … and if there is dry brush or grass around, those bottles might ignite it.

But I’m wondering if that compound a little ways to the south has anything to do with the placement. With the wall and guard towers it might be a prison … or barracks … or maybe the local Coke bottling outfit?

By: MymsMan

MymsMan — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:59:04 +0000

It would appear to be on a hillside and visible from the main road through the valley.
Whilst it may not be a great idea environmentally it is probably less harmful than digging a chalk figure since glass is pretty inert.

By: Cookie monster

Cookie monster — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:43:20 +0000

For who’s benefit is this for exactly? The odd pilot and eagle eyed astronaut maybe but it seems an awful lot of effort for something hardly anyone is going to see.
Also, call me a smelly tree hugger but the idea of dumping 70 000 bottles in the desert in an effort to flog fizzy pop seems a little……erm…..erh……..wrong?