[LINK] The true cost of bottled water

Kim Holburn kim.holburn at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 16:24:54 AEDT 2007


http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-exotic-bottled- 
water-002401.php

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/pablo_calculate.php

> Over at Triple Pundit, Sustainability Engineer and MBA Pablo Päster  
> has done a thorough and exhaustive study of the cost of bring a  
> litre of Fiji Water to America. He starts with the production of  
> the bottle in China, taking the bottle blanks to Fiji, and  
> confirming that it takes more water to make the bottle than it  
> actually holds. He then transports the bottle to the States by  
> ship. Not even including the distribution in the States, the  
> numbers are absolutely staggering.
>
> In summary, the manufacture and transport of that one kilogram  
> bottle of Fiji water consumed 26.88 kilograms of water (7.1  
> gallons) .849 Kilograms of fossil fuel (one litre or .26 gal) and  
> emitted 562 grams of Greenhouse Gases (1.2 pounds).
>
> Twenty-six times as much water used to make it than you actually  
> drink. As much fuel to make it as there is water in the bottle.  
> Staggering is an understatement.


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Kim Holburn
IT Network & Security Consultant
Ph: +39 06 855 4294  M: +39 3342707610
mailto:kim at holburn.net  aim://kimholburn
skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request

Democracy imposed from without is the severest form of tyranny.
                           -- Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Analog, Apr 1961







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