think about this: selling sodas, beers, bottled water with or without flavour etc... is incredibly heavy for the environment: all these bottles and cans.... i am no longer addicted to coke (but beleive me, i used to be) and, I have seen this really unhealthy habits among so many of us to drink canned/bottled drinks. And imagine the transports! you need to transport those, and they are heavy, as liquid are.... ok food is also heavy, sure, but one kilo of rice will last longer than one liter of coke. so try to use your fantasy.....: I do my own ice tea, i drink sweet drinks from concentrates, i do not drink any softdrinks any more, i drink more tea (normal, green, herbal, really nice!), more water..... water tastes great actually... but we are spoiled and think it's only for washing..... bottled water is quite stupid (i mean, when threre is an alternative, and when there isnt a toxic risk....) water should be free! imagine, before, towns in europe used to have free fresh, healthy water outdoors in the towns, it was like a right for everbody to get water, now water is sold, because some companies can profit on us and on nature... and the bottle/can factories can get there share. we need to make an effort and start thinking. what habits can i change?
I drink tea, coffee (usually Fair Trade Coffee), and tap water. Scientifically, tap water in most cities is as good or better than most bottled water, at a far lower environmental cost. I have carried the same coffee cup (which I use for water, tea, coffee and even soup) for so long the lettering has worn off. Bottled water is mainly about pretentiousness: http://www.bofunk.com/video/2402/bottled_water_vs_tap_water.html
The water isn't sold because people fear their water. They are actually selling convenience. People are just too lazy to carry around cups all the time. I have never understood the switch to plastic when metals and glass can be recycled much easier.
i have never been a fan of bottling drinks like water .and soda is just a way for large companys* to make billions by giving the avg person way more sugar than they really need. and the avg person is not only getting an overdose on sugar but they are dehidrating* them selves at the same time .i how ever do also like tea green and fresh mint are my fav.
Many areas in the US do not have safe drinkning water. Go ask the people who live there. I have and do; we are too scared to drink it.
tap water that I let sit out for 24 hrs. no more coffee for me, first day w/o in years. It's so addicting; I've been praying to be able to quit and maybe I have now.
Tap water is usually not very safe since they often put floride in it, which is a toxin. Also it's usually got more chlorine than a frickin' swimming pool, because that's how it's "sanitized" but sitting it out overnight can help the heavy metals dissipate. I take the purity of my water pretty seriously, I have a distiller that purifies the water, then I use a water vitalizer to put minerals and oxygen back in the water that occur naturally in pure spring water. It tastes awesome, every time I have to drink tap water all I taste is chlorine, but I think it's especially bad in my area. I never drink soda and try to avoid buying any pre-packaged drinks. Some plastic water bottles leach toxins into the water, so gotta watch out for that. Especially if you leave plastic water bottles in a hot car for a while. I drink a lot of tea (all kinds) and sometimes juice (usually make my own with my juicer). Life without soda is oh so much better!
I agree. Tap water is very unhealthy. Chlorine is toxic to our bodies and it scours the walls of our arteries, making it easier for LDL Cholesterol to attach itself. It is one of the leading causes of heart disease that most of the public is unaware of. People wrongly promote tap water as the "safest" form of drinking water, when it is actually a slow killer in disguise. Chlorine is a chemical that will kill any organism, including the AIDS virus. Imagine what it does to the human body when consumed on a regular basis. And Flouride is a dangerous chemical. It's so volatile that it can't be dumped anywhere due to the high-contamination factor. So to get rid of it, it was secretly dumped into tap water under the guise of being good for our teeth. Which it is not, despite what we have all be taught growing up. It's a big bald-faced lie that should be exposed. I drink Pure Spring water, which is what man had long before tap water was "invented". But still, you have to be careful. Some water labeled as Spring Water is actually tap water, so you have to check where it comes from. And some bottled waters are just plain unnatural. Like Dasani. It contains salt, which makes you thirstier the more you drink it. It's even right on the label, along with a few other ingredients that you don't find in pure water.
i know the filters that you put on your water bottle tastes no different, and i dont think it does much.
I use a brita, have for years, and taste wise, it's an improvement here. When i lived in an area tapping aquifers for water it was a necessity. (Now it's surface water) Bottled water? I would at school living out of the vending machine: for the bottle. I'd get a bottle every three weeks or so, or whenever I'd mislay it or over soaped it in a wash. I thought it out economically and got a nalgene. (over a GSI. I'm well aware of the debate in the AR community with Lexan and the lab and cage gear. Nalgene is made in the country I live in, and not made from US materials, shipped to China, then shipped back as a product. A lesser ecological impact, to my eyes) So, I have two in rotation, once since 97, one since 2002. One lives at work, where the convenience factor is needed, and the other at home/ car/ traveling with so that I remember to drink water at all. My sweetie has one of his own, and my son has two. Water treatment: chlorine is strong, and an entire tower has about what a small pool does, BEFORE treatment for a system. What bothers me most about treatment is teh filter materials. The water and san district I cover uses, get this , aranthrcite coal. NOT charcoal, I asked several times trying to wrap my head around that, but the same coal used in power plants. that's the FINAL filter. I ALWAYS carry my brita-filtered water to that community. Home wells can be adjusted to use none, but the quality tests need to be done to make sure there are no pathogens in that water.
bought a 12 pk of busch beer fri and had 3 that night and 5 yesterday; don't think I'll drink anymore; fucked me up. How can a drink be so toxic? I'll stick to water, thanks!
I've been trying to get away from bottled drinks, but they are so convinent when you're a college student living in a dorm with no kitchen (I do recycle!). I am drinking more green tea, though, sweetened with agave nectar. Peace and love
finished the last 3 beers and thats the last of that. good old water for me at home and maybe a soda when I'm out as a treat only.
