Comments on: The Impacts of Bottled Water - SLCSpin fears change! http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/ The internet is my playground - politics, media and entertainment Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jasonthe http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 jasonthe Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:06:50 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-1910 Jeff, I recalled this post of yours when I found this article at Salon a week back. I bought one of the bottles she recommended. Thanks for saving me from "plastic leached" cancer, and the guilt of all those wasted plastic bottles. Check out the reusable water bottle recommends: http://www.slate.com/id/2172541/ Jeff,

I recalled this post of yours when I found this article at Salon a week back.

I bought one of the bottles she recommended.

Thanks for saving me from “plastic leached” cancer, and the guilt of all those wasted plastic bottles.

Check out the reusable water bottle recommends: http://www.slate.com/id/2172541/

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-591 JM Bell Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:20:21 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-591 And, the chucklehead contingent stops in for a visit. And, the chucklehead contingent stops in for a visit.

]]> By: Green Yodeler http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Green Yodeler Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:02:41 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-590 Bottled water is great! After I drink it I can refill the bottle in my car on my way from Magna to Salt Lake where I sell it to kids as lemonade. Now that's inovative recycling! Bottled water is great! After I drink it I can refill the bottle in my car on my way from Magna to Salt Lake where I sell it to kids as lemonade.

Now that’s inovative recycling!

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-589 JM Bell Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:19:32 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-589 My brother lives in Magna. A few years back, I bought him an Everpure system for his water. It's far more industrial than a Brita, but, at 45.00 twice a year, it's still a lot less than he was spending on bottled water. I, too, worry about the sheeple. But, in Utah, getting people to take baby steps is a major achievement. And, a little is better than none. My brother lives in Magna. A few years back, I bought him an Everpure system for his water. It’s far more industrial than a Brita, but, at 45.00 twice a year, it’s still a lot less than he was spending on bottled water.

I, too, worry about the sheeple. But, in Utah, getting people to take baby steps is a major achievement. And, a little is better than none.

]]> By: Misty Fowler http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Misty Fowler Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:50:31 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-588 Ever lived in Magna? :) And no, I don't think we shouldn't do anything at all, but I am afraid that sheeple will think doing this is enough. Ever lived in Magna? :)

And no, I don’t think we shouldn’t do anything at all, but I am afraid that sheeple will think doing this is enough.

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-587 JM Bell Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:45:36 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-587 Well, <b>Misty</b> on the blog you were, but, I also included the radio stuff that Ethan does. My point, if you'll bear it out, is that unlike soda, Gatorade, maple syrup, shampoo, etc. etc, is that you have water pumped right into your house. Good water. And if the pipes in your house make it taste funny, you can, again for a fraction of the cost, get a water filter. The sheer tonnage of plastic wastes from water bottles is a great place to start, in my humble opinion. It sounds like you're saying that because we can't do everything at the same time, we shouldn't do anything at all. I don't think that's what you're saying, but that is how it reads. Also, this is just one of many things that need to be done, but, the beloved MSM is paying attention to this particular part right now, so, that's what we're talking about. I promise to something on Bio-Diesel and hybrids sometime in July. ;) Well, Misty on the blog you were, but, I also included the radio stuff that Ethan does.

My point, if you’ll bear it out, is that unlike soda, Gatorade, maple syrup, shampoo, etc. etc, is that you have water pumped right into your house. Good water.

And if the pipes in your house make it taste funny, you can, again for a fraction of the cost, get a water filter.

The sheer tonnage of plastic wastes from water bottles is a great place to start, in my humble opinion.

It sounds like you’re saying that because we can’t do everything at the same time, we shouldn’t do anything at all. I don’t think that’s what you’re saying, but that is how it reads.

Also, this is just one of many things that need to be done, but, the beloved MSM is paying attention to this particular part right now, so, that’s what we’re talking about.

I promise to something on Bio-Diesel and hybrids sometime in July. ;)

]]> By: Jesse Harris http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Jesse Harris Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:43:31 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-586 About the only time I ever purchase bottled water is when I'm on a trip and want a cold container of the stuff. Here at home, I just fill up a couple of plastic jugs and shove them in the fridge. The water here tastes great! Even when I lived in Las Vegas, land of nasty-to-the-max water, I used 5-gallon jugs to buy purified water from dispensers. There really is little excuse for bottled water unless you're really in situations where the convenience is necessary. About the only time I ever purchase bottled water is when I’m on a trip and want a cold container of the stuff. Here at home, I just fill up a couple of plastic jugs and shove them in the fridge. The water here tastes great!

Even when I lived in Las Vegas, land of nasty-to-the-max water, I used 5-gallon jugs to buy purified water from dispensers. There really is little excuse for bottled water unless you’re really in situations where the convenience is necessary.

]]> By: Misty Fowler http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Misty Fowler Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:38:53 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-585 I think I was the one to use the word silly, not Ethan. And, while I respect the facts that you gave, and generally agree with what you've said, I have to wonder what kind of statistics you'd find if you did the same sort of research on other disposable items. I don't think that never again buying a bottle of water is the answer. Instead, I think the answer is to change society's attitude toward disposable items. Water is a good example of that, and a good place for many people to start. But, we have to do more. I think I was the one to use the word silly, not Ethan. And, while I respect the facts that you gave, and generally agree with what you’ve said, I have to wonder what kind of statistics you’d find if you did the same sort of research on other disposable items. I don’t think that never again buying a bottle of water is the answer. Instead, I think the answer is to change society’s attitude toward disposable items. Water is a good example of that, and a good place for many people to start. But, we have to do more.

]]> By: Jason The http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Jason The Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:22:16 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-584 I have to honestly say you have made me think, which I wouldn't have thought possible in today's heat. I can't, in good conscience, continue to purchase bottled water (something I usually do often). I have to honestly say you have made me think, which I wouldn’t have thought possible in today’s heat. I can’t, in good conscience, continue to purchase bottled water (something I usually do often).

]]> By: theorris http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/06/27/the-impacts-of-bottled-water-slcspin-fears-change/comment-page-1/#comment-583 theorris Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:50:16 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=483#comment-583 Well put. Aside from the drastic waste of energy to transport from distant locations, you also have the ludicrous fact that a lot of bottled water is from municipal water supplies where it is bottled. "Dasani" sounds nice and exotic, but it is just tap water from where-ever. People won't drink their local tap water, but are more than happy to guzzle water from who knows where? The bottled water thing is just the tip of the iceberg, as it were, when it comes to water commodity business. Ultimately in the U.S. I fear our local municipalities will sell-off their water services to for-profit corporations. To be held hostage, as are some communities in the third world, by a company is unacceptable. Keep an eye out: water is the next big thing for corporations to try to put a lock hold on. Well put.

Aside from the drastic waste of energy to transport from distant locations, you also have the ludicrous fact that a lot of bottled water is from municipal water supplies where it is bottled. “Dasani” sounds nice and exotic, but it is just tap water from where-ever. People won’t drink their local tap water, but are more than happy to guzzle water from who knows where?

The bottled water thing is just the tip of the iceberg, as it were, when it comes to water commodity business. Ultimately in the U.S. I fear our local municipalities will sell-off their water services to for-profit corporations. To be held hostage, as are some communities in the third world, by a company is unacceptable.

Keep an eye out: water is the next big thing for corporations to try to put a lock hold on.

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