Comments on: Pure Water

By: Pique Oil

Pique Oil — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:27:19 +0000

You will be pleased to know that the industry data shows water sales are falling. Whether this is a sign of the recession or the end of the fad is unknown.
Anecdotal evidence supports the former.
Here in Palmy Nth we have superb water from the dam in the hills. I reuse plastic bottles with tap water and freeze them.
Out of the freezer the night before and a refreshing bottle of ice cold water for the next day.

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:39:36 +0000

“Of course, we could all buy plastic refillable bottles from the warehouse and fill them from the tap before we venture forth in the morning. But than we may run the danger of looking slightly dorky. And, much to the disappointment of economists the world over, man is not a rational being, but a fashionable one.”

But looking slightly dorky is a cost and that cost is greater than the price of bottled water, so therefore they are rational, in an economics sense..

This is true – for a rather bizarre economics viewpoint. Perhaps it should be called the “delusional science”…

By: Bruce Hamilton

Bruce Hamilton — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:26:37 +0000

Given they probably are from offshore, I wouldn’t advise drinking from Warehouse plastic bottles, or many other suppliers of plastic bottles.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/41628/title/Bottled_water_may_contain_‘hormones’_Plastics

Yes. I didn’t mention plastics contamination which, of course, also holds true for some bottled waters.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:41:15 +0000

I’m going to lose this argument before I even get started, but here goes

What you say about bottled water applies to coffee as well. They use a $10,000 machine to simply produce a face lift model of the old Bushell’s Instant, and sell it for $10 a cup.

What makes coffee (any coffee) great is absence for a few hours, thirst developed from mild exercise, and an acceptable substitute for cigarettes.

Thou hast insulted the almighty coffee bean and the truth is not in thee. Thou art banished to the slough of decaffeination where eternal drowsiness awaits thee…