Comments on: Stop buying bottled water

By: John Eddy

John Eddy — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:58:00 +0000

@josh: "it’s difficult to get sparkling water out of the tap"

Actually… sparkling water always came out of seltzer bottles with a co2 injector in the past. I don’t know why you can’t do that now. http://www.fantes.com/seltzer.html

By: josh

josh — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:45:25 +0000

Unfortunately, it’s difficult to get sparkling water out of the tap. Otherwise, I use Brita-ized tap water (like Zee, my water runs through hundred-year-old plumbing) or the water cooler at the office.

By: John Eddy

John Eddy — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:10:55 +0000

@gargamella: Does that mean I can drive a hummer so long as it convinces more people to buy a hybrid?

I don’t disagree that the visual image is good.

However, perhaps there was somewhere where there already were 56 oil barrels and rather than moving them to the park, having a press conference and then moving them back, they could have all just went to where the oil barrels were.

I meant my first post mostly in jest, but, now, I’m beginning to think I should have been serious.

By: Zee Grega

Zee Grega — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:06:09 +0000

I drink bottled water at home because my personal tap water tastes less than pleasant; I live in a very old building and I don’t think the pipes have been replaced since it was built a century ago. I’ll give Tony’s DIY filter a try, though, and see if that helps the taste.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:00:23 +0000

I almost posted about this, Wesa. I just started drinking tap water over the past couple months because I read where the quality of our water is as good or even better than most bottled waters. It took me a little time to come to terms with tap water, though. I’d been drinking Brita or bottled water for 10 years. I still drink bottled water when I’m traveling, though.

By: gargamello

gargamello — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:33:43 +0000

Yes but John I wonder how many barrels of oil that visual impact will save once people see how wasteful consuming bottled water is. ;)

I drink tap water. It’s fine. It’s cheap. It’s easy. It’s good for the environment. One of the easy decisions.

By: John Eddy

John Eddy — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:28:06 +0000

I wonder how many barrels of oil it took to make the visual impact of having 56 oil barrels piled behind him. =)

By: tonyb

tonyb — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:12:18 +0000

I’m all for this and think it’s a great idea. For most of us there’s really not a reason to go and buy bottled water. Get a BPA free bottle and fill ‘er up with whatever you like. If you like filtered water get a filter and use the DIY britta filter method found here and save some money: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-refill-a-disposable-Brita-brand-water-pit/