Why are energy drinks so !@#$%^& expensive?

Cafe Society
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Maybe related to the energy crisis?

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Drink water. Need caffeine? Coffee is like 5 cents a cup. Pepsi Max or similar high caffeine “soft drink” 15-20 cents a cup. You can buy caffeine pills in the pharmacy section of any store. a bottle of 200 mg will run you about a nickel per. Need amino acids? Eat a steak.

If you need energy, sleep. If that doesn’t help, see a doctor.

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Because the world needs it to function.

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Greetings, DARPANET user! In the distant future of 2016, these things will be a bit more expensive.

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Because it requires so much energy to make them.

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Yea! An intelligent person. I don’t know how many times I’ve met people who don’t have enough money each month to pay their electric bill or whatever. Yet they buy a soda pop/drink once a day.

I have tried and tried to explain that these daily expenses add up. They say “It is just a dollar!”

Not it is NOT a dollar!

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It sounds like Bear_Nenno has his finances in order, given his last post, and can afford the luxury.

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That’s no answer. The only reason the world needs caffeine to function is because so many people are addicted.

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I hear ya. If it werent’ for the hookers and blow, I’d be rich, I tell ya.

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Tell me about it. There was a time in my life when I could purchase a quarter ounce of gold for the same price as a quarter ounce of Lebanese Blonde hash. And if I had made different choices financially I’d be pretty set right now.

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Basically it boils down to the fact that some people don’t like coffee / don’t like hot drinks, but still want a comparable amount of caffeine. (ISTR that energy drinks and coffee are roughly equivalent at about 150-200 mg of caffeine per serving).

I do agree that the energy drinks are by far the most expensive way to get your caffeine fix, but that’s none of my business really, if people want to spend their money that way.

In a funny bit of trivia, the caffeine in energy drinks primarily comes from the decaffeination of coffee. So one way or another, they’re getting their caffeine from coffee.

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Is it safe to drink energy drinks if you’re older? Or a lot even if you’re younger? I mean, is it any more dangerous to your heart than drinking coffee from morning till night? I remember reading about some ghastly problems caused by drinking energy drinks, but no one has paid any attention.

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Probably not a good idea. See the International Society of Sports Nutrition’s position paper on energy drinks:

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And then, in the energy drink line, there’s this.

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I am shamed that it took me this long to get the Idiocracy ref. Where’s the self-whooshed smiley when you need it?

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Weasel words in their conclusions. The conclusion (one paragraph up from the last section) of the article suggests no such thing, unless the person has cardio problems. While 7-8 drinks a day is probably not the healthiest thing you can be doing to your body, I would not accept the absence of empirical evidence. Also the article doesn’t seem to consider zero calorie or zero carb alternatives, and it appears to me that some brands make many examples of these.

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Their ad costs are high vs total sales. To reach the intended audience and to be associated with cool, it requires expensive global sponsorship of some of the most expensive adventure and sporting campaigns in the world, from Formula 1 racing to airplane racing.

Red Bull sponsors so many adventure and sports teams, it’s hard to imagine.
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Okay, take a look at this study:

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At a gas station malt liquor is cheaper than bottled water.

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Thanks.