Transportation.

Unless something moves, it stays put. Yes, that's a rather trite observation about transportation, but give me a break. I'm a can.

Hello! My name is JGB, and I'm hosting this month's special section. I realize it's a little unusual for a ginger beer to present articles about transportation, but if anyone could do the job, I can. Get it?

My story speaks for itself. All of my ingredients and packaging had to be transported to my birthplace, the Broken Tooth Brewery in Anchorage. From there, I had to be transported to a store shelf. And when I'm recycled, I go back onto trucks, ships, and trains to begin my new life. More than once, people told me they don't believe aluminum recycling happens in Anchorage. Well, not with that attitude!

But enough about me. This isn't advertising. "Reefers on Ice" also illustrates how the logistics industry puts products on store shelves, in this case seafood. Speaking of fish, Remora is a hot new startup company that aims to revolutionize logistics by using every sliver of space aboard air carriers. I suppose it's like online dating for cargo and passengers, or "Logistics Matchmaking."

Now, I know something about planes; I was aircraft...