Bottled Water = Braindead consumerism
Bottled water has got to be one of the top ten most ridiculous ideas ever.
Let's take a completely free and widely available resource from a natural location (a spring for instance) ship it to a factory to put it into a disposable and only moderately recyclable container, then ship it to convenient locations everywhere so that consumers can spend $1.50 on it.
I'm not guilt free in this but the more cognizant I am of this fact the better I prepare and can avoid such stupid wastefulness. Spend the $8 for a reusable nalgene bottle, fill it up and throw it in the fridge for when you head out on a trip or whatever. It's going to be way cheaper in the long run and you're not supporting and industry that trucks water around.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that there is a use for such a product (emergencies such as hurricane support or even just in an emergency kit) but the mass consumption from grocery and convenience stores everywhere is ludicrous
Let's take a completely free and widely available resource from a natural location (a spring for instance) ship it to a factory to put it into a disposable and only moderately recyclable container, then ship it to convenient locations everywhere so that consumers can spend $1.50 on it.
I'm not guilt free in this but the more cognizant I am of this fact the better I prepare and can avoid such stupid wastefulness. Spend the $8 for a reusable nalgene bottle, fill it up and throw it in the fridge for when you head out on a trip or whatever. It's going to be way cheaper in the long run and you're not supporting and industry that trucks water around.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that there is a use for such a product (emergencies such as hurricane support or even just in an emergency kit) but the mass consumption from grocery and convenience stores everywhere is ludicrous
posted by Arthur at
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