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Biggest Water User in Atlanta is ... Gatorade?!?

treehugger.com — It gets better though: after the Gatorade plant turns all the water into syrupy disgustingness and ships it around the world, Atlantans can hire these group of strange and enterprising guys to paint their yards green again!

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  • diggface5000, on 10/23/2007, -7/+165I here it's pretty good for watering crops. In fact, gatorade's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
  • Cerberus047, on 10/23/2007, -10/+127*insert idocracy quote here*
  • thebellmaster1x, on 10/23/2007, -1/+95The biggest water user in a single city is a major company that makes mass quantities of a beverage? Holy cow!
  • justinx0r, on 10/23/2007, -1/+76Syrupy disgustingness? You could think it's disgusting but it's not syrupy at all.
  • Marmot, on 10/23/2007, -2/+69It's got electrolytes!
  • inactive, on 10/23/2007, -7/+68I fail to see the big ***** deal here. A beverage company consumes a lot of water in making its products. Water it obviously pays for. Who cares?! I loathe idiotic sensationalist stories like this.
  • ihate2regist, on 10/23/2007, -3/+55Water? Like out the toilet?
  • cowsgonemadd3, on 10/24/2007, -16/+60Digg this comment if you think gatorade is not nasty like the poster says best that it is the best sports drink or best drink? ever!
  • iching, on 10/23/2007, -2/+39I read that story but couldn't find a link there that substantiated the claim, doesn't Cocoa-cola have their main plant and headquarters there too? I did find it ironic though.
  • ZenMojo, on 10/25/2007, -3/+39"It's got what plants crave!"
    "What's that?"
    "Electrolytes."
    "What are electrolytes?"
    "What plants crave, duh!"
  • bagelpirate, on 10/25/2007, -2/+30Its got what plants crave
  • PATSCRU, on 10/24/2007, -2/+30Beverage companies are often huuuge water users in the areas where their factories are.....Coca Cola had a plant in India that used so much water, it started decreasing the water table for the surrounding area, a fact which coca cola tried to vehemently deny.
  • FeartheKnighted, on 10/25/2007, -2/+29Gatoraaaade....

    H 2 O!
  • halflife28, on 10/22/2007, -2/+26Gatorade is good. It's not that disgusting, better than soda.
  • JoeDiggsIt, on 10/22/2007, -0/+24syrupy disgustingness? I know a lot of people who like Gatorade...
  • ConfusedONE, on 10/25/2007, -1/+25Water sucks, it really really sucks. WAAATER sucks it really really suuuuccckks!!!
  • jobobshishkabob, on 10/22/2007, -2/+22Idiocracy*
  • Ludnix, on 10/22/2007, -1/+20Seems like painting the grass would prevent photosynthesis from occurring and result in even more dead grass.
  • SiNN4R, on 10/22/2007, -3/+22So Gatorade is using one of the most abundant resources on the planet. THOSE MONSTERS!
  • sauron256, on 10/22/2007, -4/+20Gatorade isn't disgusting if you're an athlete who needs to keep their carbs and electrolytes up while exercising. My guess is that the submitter is a nerd who's never run a mile in his life?
  • Ransomowris, on 10/23/2007, -0/+15Coca Cola's main bottling plant is here, too. Maybe you confused gatorade with powerade?
  • berb, on 10/22/2007, -2/+15So what? If Gatorade (and other man-made beverages) didn't exist, people would just drink a similar amount of water instead. It isn't a "waste" of water, it's just repackaging the water to be more appealing to humans.
  • pr0phet491, on 10/22/2007, -3/+15Brawno's got what plants need!
  • kelsosmythe, on 10/22/2007, -2/+14Soylent Green is people?
  • UglyShirts, on 10/25/2007, -2/+13Brawndo: It's what plants crave.
  • luvs2spooge, on 10/22/2007, -0/+10They'll start watering their crops with Gatorade.

    "It's got what plants crave! It's got electrolytes!"
  • DesignerScott, on 10/22/2007, -1/+11"Plants need electrolytes" was the first thing I thought when I saw this.
    Glad I'm not alone.
  • jmeskimen, on 10/22/2007, -1/+11Did nobody else see this and want their lawn painted?
  • inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+12its got what plants crave
  • Disodium, on 10/22/2007, -0/+9I'll agree regular Gatorade is a little on the strong side but the Rain stuff if amazing. Disgusting is the last word i would use for either one
  • Marmot, on 10/22/2007, -2/+11The difference is that when people drink water, the demand is spread out geographically, so no one area would run out of water.

    With a soft drink bottling plant, all of that water demand is concentrated at a single point, which could lead to local water shortages near the plant.
  • latrosicarius, on 10/22/2007, -1/+9I got to admit, the lawn looks much better after it was painted.
  • dasdef, on 10/23/2007, -1/+9i love gatorade. Helps me after a night of drinking.
  • lasermic, on 10/22/2007, -0/+8http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3977351.stm
  • inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+8I go with Powerade Option now. Nothing against Gatorade, but it is just useless calories that I don't need. I know I could go with Propel Fitness Water, but Powerade is cheaper around me.
    Either way, there is NO WAY a sane person could describe Gatorade as syrupy.
  • DoTheFandango, on 10/22/2007, -0/+8http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8277/picture2zw0. ...
  • quomen, on 10/23/2007, -2/+9You had me sold at crave.
  • JoshuaGross, on 10/22/2007, -2/+9Poor farmers in India have used Coke as an insecticide.
    Effectively.
    To think, we drink the stuff :/
  • djdole, on 10/22/2007, -0/+7Sounds like a modern-day b-movie plot.
    Oh..yeah...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/
    :-p
  • merwin, on 10/22/2007, -0/+7With the amount of gatorade consumed in this country vs the amount of overweight people, one can safely assume there are a large number of non-athletes drinking gatorade.
  • explnx, on 04/27/2009, -5/+11Brawndo: It's Got What Plants Crave!
  • inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+6funny, but plz provide link for proof.
  • Procure, on 10/22/2007, -1/+7"Go away... I'm batin'"
  • inactive, on 10/23/2007, -0/+6"New Sea Foam Gatorade! It replenishes the salt that athletes need to stay competitive! Also coming soon, Ocean Spray Gatorade! Just as salty as Sea Foam Gatorade, but with a different assortment of marine fecal matter added to give it that Gulf Stream kick!"
  • asauterChicago, on 10/22/2007, -1/+7Brawndo is full of them-- that's why it's like a Monster Truck you can pour into your face.
  • crawdad62, on 10/22/2007, -0/+5Beverage company using a lot of water? Well I'll be damned. I would have never thought that would be the case.
  • mrdoogee, on 10/22/2007, -3/+8I call ***** on this headline. No way that Gatorade uses more water than Coke.
  • TwinTurboMike, on 10/22/2007, -1/+6+1 for the Idiocracy movie reference :)
  • apologeticus, on 10/23/2007, -0/+5They tried?
  • linkbeat, on 10/22/2007, -3/+8Who needs water when you have gatorade. It's got electrolytes.
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