05-19-2005, 02:16 AM | #11 |
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Luckily, like most Americans, my water is fine to drink. It's pulled from 2 miles out in Lake Michigan and does fine. Plus, my fridge filters and cools it, and that's where I get my water from. Sure, I'll buy a bottle every now and then just to get the bottle... which I subsequently use over and over by refilling it from tap.
However, if you want to see what will really drive some wars/disputes in some areas in the future, look to water. As indicated by some in this thread, you can't get good water everywhere. It is scarce and depleting -- in the face of increasing population. Problems with water supplies have begun in the third world and are migrating. In the future it will be a big issue, and I expect bottled water prices will outpace gasoline prices for some time to come. |
05-19-2005, 02:28 AM | #12 |
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I have a Brita... The tap water here is rather is pretty bad, and the Brita promotes it to Tolerable.
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05-19-2005, 04:35 AM | #13 |
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No problems with drinking from the tap here, it's all very clean.
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05-19-2005, 04:57 AM | #15 |
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I buy bottled water when I'm out and I'm thirsty. I don't buy the most expensive one though... It all tastes like water anyway. And after that I reuse the bottle like Timber does. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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05-19-2005, 05:06 AM | #16 |
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No never. Paying for water in Sweden is like paying for sand in Sahara.
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05-19-2005, 05:25 AM | #17 |
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Someime i buy bottled water.
THen I reuse the bottle. I only buy it if I'm caught without any and I'm dying.
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05-19-2005, 07:07 AM | #18 |
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I only buy bottled water when I'm out somewhere like, say, a restaurant, but never keeps bottled water at home; the tap water here is good enough.
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05-19-2005, 07:25 AM | #19 |
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I buy bottled water, but not the plain stuff. Volvic touch of fruit for me. You need something you can taste to justify the cash.
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05-19-2005, 08:12 AM | #20 |
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Lol @ Stormy. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I never buy bottled water...it nearly costs as much as the equivalent amount of fruit juice or fizzy drink, so I'll rather buy that and get all the added vitamins/sugar. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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