Nations report that finds producing bottled water for the US market consumes
17 million barrels of oil annually.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/the-battle-over-bottled-water/
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Keith E Gatling <keith@gatling.us> wrote:
> OK, I give up. At first I thought this whole campaign against bottled water
> was simply a misguided symbolic thing...like turning off the Citgo sign in
> Boston 30 years ago to save energy - when it actually used less power than
> most homes.
>
> I also figured that getting rid of bottled water would simply have people
> buying more soda and stuff. And I remember many years ago when you couldn't
> get bottled water, all there was to drink when you were on a long trip was
> soda...at least that was all there was that fit into the cupholders of your
> car.
>
> I had always thought of myself as buying a cheap water bottle that I'd
> refill a couple of times and not feel brokenhearted about losing or
> breaking.
>
> I also remembered the campaign that restaurants tried a few years back
> about
> how that one glass of water you asked for actually used three glasses of
> water in its production - and didn't see them asking you to not order soda.
>
> So I was a little suspicious about this whole "bottled water is the devil"
> thing.
>
> But I have to say that it sure is nice to be able to reach into a cooler of
> cold water bottles when you're on a long trip.
> --
>
> keg
>
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> The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with you.
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