"Last Word"-Sunchips Go Green
Tuesday, April 22, 2008SUSIE GHARIB: And finally tonight, Sunchips, Frito Lay's popular line of multi-grain snacks, is living up to its name. Starting today, the chips are now made using solar energy; 145,000 bags of Sunchips will be produced every day at its plant in Modesto, California. The facility uses solar mirrors that provide more than 75 percent of the energy needed to make Sunchips. The football field-size farm of mirrors was switched on today, for Earth Day. So Paul I guess you could say Sunchips are chipping away at greenhouse gas emissions.
KANGAS: And you could also say that there are good reflection on the product.
GHARIB: And you could also say they taste really good.
KANGAS: There's a ray of light there.
