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John H[_2_]

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:11:45 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:37:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:18:01 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:12:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

" "…a Fairfax Water customer who buys a 20-ounce bottle of water for $1.25
could fill that same 20-ounce bottle with our tap water every day for more than
10 years for that same $1.25."

I wish they'd charge a 25cent deposit for every plastic bottle sold.

I find it strange that people lose their mind if someone pays a buck
for a bottle of water but if someone puts a few pennies worth of sugar
and artificial color/flavor in it, that is fine.

You are paying for the convenience of the bottle.

In DC the tap water is "bottle quality" as long as 3ppm of chlorine
doesn't bother you but in a lot of places tap water is pretty nasty or
they have a well with nasty water.

For us, in hurricane country, bottled water is survival supplies. If
you just try to bottle your own tap water and store it away, more
times than not, you will have a science fair project in a month.
I have little interest in having a stomach virus while I am recovering
from a hurricane.

I have no problem with buying bottled water for survival supplies. Buy it by the
gallon, pay a deposit, and store it forever. That's a good idea.

The half liter bottles are a lot better for that. You can freeze
them, have ice for the coolers and still be able to pull out a few for
drinking. A frozen gallon jug is fairly useless
You also have the problem that without clean water you are not washing
dishes so if I have gallon jugs, I will be using paper/plastic cups.
The .5l bottle is better.

And, if the tap water is bad, buy plastic bottles. Just pay a deposit and return
the bottle to the store when buying more.

Deposits are just a tax. I thought you were a conservative.

Deposits are a refundable tax. I don't mind those if the reason is appropriate.

As to the two liter bottles (I assume that's what you meant), I was talking
about survival supplies. I use the 'Simply Orange' plastic jugs for water in the
coolers. The bottles are heavyweight and the tops stay on well.