Half Price Burgers Crashes Government Site

[jeffrey]

A Japanese government website crashed Wednesday as people raced to take up an offer of a half-price McDonald's hamburger in exchange for pledging to fight global warming.

The Japanese unit of the US burger giant Tuesday offered a Big Mac for 150 yen (1.3 dollars), about half the normal price, to anyone demonstrating a commitment to preventing climate change.

People were asked to check up to 39 boxes on a form they could download from the environment ministry's website, each listing a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global warming... Read more here

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Amusing, but so is this energy saving tip from the article, "simply wiping water off the bottom of a kettle to save energy when heating it on a stove." Wow, that is really getting into tiny increments of energy saving.

[Aleta]

OK, they saved money from the hamburger, but how much did they spend on gasoline to get there? They would have saved more by just not going there.

The other point is the gas they used getting there definitely is not helping the environment.

[project15]

I'm sure the majority of people getting this coupon could care less about being green. The link probably leaked onto a slickdeals.net type site and everyone took advantage of it.

[financeman45]

I'm hungry now