treehugger.com — The production of one liter bottle of Fiji water uses 26 times more water than the bottle contains. Twenty-six! The production also consumes almost one kilogram of fossil fuel, and emits over one pound of CO2.
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daimposterFeb 7, 2007
i don't understand why people buy bottled water? OK, maybe at an event or somewhere where you need a bottle to drink and you want water rather than pop/soda. But buying bottled water for home use is stupid. Either buy a filter which only cost a few bucks (dollars for you foreigners) or buy regular filtered water by the gallon at the store. When you purchase single serving bottled water all you are doing is paying a crap load of money for water that isn't that much tastier than regular filtered water and you are supporting everything that is stated in this link (i.e. 26 gal of water wasted for each single gal, tons of energy, plastic disposal, etc).
siszamFeb 7, 2007
To be fair, you can get "free" water from a faucet but it's not always quality, clean water. When I lived in the southern U.S. we had clean, good tasting water direct from the faucet. Now that I live in San Diego I would never dream of drinking tap water. Sometimes it comes out yellow. Who knows what is in it. We have several five gallon bottles we fill at the water store. When I moved here it blew my mind that there is such a thing as a water store!! Now I see why.
Closed AccountFeb 9, 2007
Goddamn I'm thirsty now...
ecomniFeb 9, 2007
Regardless of the taste, it's still water, and there's no reason for water to be this expensive other than to fleece gullible and/or wasteful people. I can get wine for cheaper, and it damn sure isn't just water with a few minerals sprinkled into it. I don't understand how adding a teeny-tiny bit of minerals to pure water that slightly changes its taste justifies these stupid prices. Unless the minerals are rubies and sapphires.
phitnessMar 1, 2007
you don't have to be a hippie to question the economics of bottled water ;) The industry is thriving on our ignorance. I think it was the President of Evian, one of the first bottled water companies, who said: "Water is better than oil. Put it in a bottle and people will pay top dollar for it."<a class="user" href="http://floatingark.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-much-water-does-it-take-to-make.html">http://floatingark.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-much-water-does-it-take-to-make.html</a>
amazonrmpJul 31, 2007
That's funny, I just read an article that a Biophysics lab published results stating that Fiji is the best water for you all around. That was done by an unbiased lab that was testing all the bottled water and tap water. I'd like to see documentation on what Maggie Rodgers says and then have a neutral party compare the water. Nothing against Cleveland, actually, I'd like to see it compared to all the tap water in the 50 states to see a true comparison. I have already seen the results compared to other bottled water and it surpasses all. Although Dasani and Aquafina is just plan tap water bottled than sold at a higher price. Won't buy those anymore, I'll just bottle my own tap, it's cheaper!
fatal616Aug 6, 2007
Eating meat wastes more water and does more damage to the environment yet i don't see people complaining we should all become vegs. I'll keep drinking my bottled water until the government takes out the fluoride.