Six square feet per six pack beer ad

[MossRoad]

I thought you said it was a beer ad.

 

[Billy Bee]

I was born, raised and lived much of my life in the city and I found that ad insulting, it was aimed at people who have no idea how much land farming takes and aren't good at math.

If every American bought a six-pack that would be 1.8 billion square feet "saved." (Whatever that means.) That's 41,000 acres or 65 square miles. That's a square about 8 miles on a side. In a city that's a lot of land, in much of America you could hide that and no one would ever find it.

That was my thought exactly, I saw that ad and just started laughing. That's why I started this thread. To be sarcastic. I figured the ad was geared toward citiots who have no concept of the acreage involved in farming. I thought it was some kind of "feel good" attempt to save the planet, I was also waiting for some funny twist at the end of the commercial which is typical of super bowl ads. Nope, they were serious. I don't drink, but if I did, I don't think I would drink Michelob Gold Ultra based on that criteria.
MOSS; The commercial aired during the Super Bowl, stating that for every six pack of Michelob Gold Ultra sold, it would help convert six square feet of farmland to organic.
Bill

 

[2LaneCruzer]

As a comparison, the Drummond ranch in NE Oklahoma comprises something like 430,000 acres, or 672 square miles (26X26 miles).

I would like to know the process by which they "convert" land to organic. Most farms I know have been sprayed and artificially fertilized for maybe a 100 years or so; in this country especially since WWII, use of artificial fertilizer has been widespread.

 

[MossRoad]

I thought you said it was a beer ad.

 

[ovrszd]

I thought you said it was a beer ad.

Oh Smack!!!!

 

[MossRoad]

:drink:

Oh Smack!!!!

 

[Billy Bee]

I thought you said it was a beer ad.

Took me a while, but now I get ya.