09-29-2016, 08:48 PM
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Isn't this a government water management issue and not a nestle is evil issue. Water in general in Canada has been under priced and wasted with Agriculture use being the biggest user of water.
How much water relative to Nestle do the farms around hope and Guelph use?
From the globe article Ontaio uses 1.4 trillion litres per day and the bottled water companies use 20-30 million per day or a perverbial drop in the bucket.
Farmers don't pay anything for their water and consume .5% or about 700 million litres per day.
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09-29-2016, 08:58 PM
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can we just ####ing ban bottled water already? what a horrible waste of water and energy. tap water is fine... my god, the amount of water wasted and energy wasted to dupe idiots into drinking bottled water is insane.
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09-29-2016, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Resurrection
can we just ####ing ban bottled water already? what a horrible waste of water and energy. tap water is fine... my god, the amount of water wasted and energy wasted to dupe idiots into drinking bottled water is insane.
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I have a friend who once told me the reason he drinks bottled water and not tap water is because "I'm not a peasant".
I don't have an issue with bottled water and drink it lots at work because it's convenient, but when people start acting like tap water is cheap or disgusting it makes me want to smack them upside the head.
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09-29-2016, 09:24 PM
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I drink lots of bottled water at work
But I agree with the above. People that act like tap water is gross and bad for you or something are ridiculous
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09-29-2016, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I don't have an issue with bottled water and drink it lots at work because it's convenient
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Originally Posted by btimbit
I drink lots of bottled water at work
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If you're working in an office job, you don't really have a good excuse to drink bottled water either...what's wrong with refilling a glass of water or less-disposable version of a water bottle?
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09-29-2016, 09:28 PM
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My ex girlfriend's family used to act like I was crazy when they offered me bottled water and I would say "no, tap water is fine."
This is Canada, not the third world. Especially in Calgary, we have the best tap water on the globe.
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09-29-2016, 09:28 PM
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What did you expect the company to do? If you want to blame anyone, blame the municipality that did the auction.
Outrage for outrage's sake
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09-29-2016, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MattyC
My ex girlfriend's family used to act like I was crazy when they offered me bottled water and I would say "no, tap water is fine."
This is Canada, not the third world. Especially in Calgary, we have the best tap water on the globe.
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Calgary's water tastes awful.
When I moved here I had to get a filter.
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09-29-2016, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Weitz
Calgary's water tastes awful.
When I moved here I had to get a filter.
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I remember a while ago (within two years) an article showing that Calgary had the best tap water in the world. Now I can't find it, weird. Apparently it's Vancouver now, although I just moved there and the water tastes weird to me.
Tap water in a different place will always taste weird compared to what you're used to.
Either way, the point remains. This is Canada. The tap water is just fine.
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09-29-2016, 09:50 PM
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My face is a bum!
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How do you "waste" water?
Drink water
Piss
Treat sewage
Water back in river
The worst case is it evaporates and the cloud moves over the ocean. Now its all salty. Bummer.
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09-29-2016, 09:51 PM
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Yah probably just what you're used to haha.
Agreed though it's fine to drink.
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09-29-2016, 09:53 PM
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Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
How do you "waste" water?
Drink water
Piss
Treat sewage
Water back in river
The worst case is it evaporates and the cloud moves over the ocean. Now its all salty. Bummer.
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Fresh water is a finite resource if you use it faster than it naturally replenishes.
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09-29-2016, 09:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resurrection
can we just ####ing ban bottled water already? what a horrible waste of water and energy. tap water is fine... my god, the amount of water wasted and energy wasted to dupe idiots into drinking bottled water is insane.
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Not too mention all the bottles, transport, waste, etc. Stupid. Just stupid.
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09-29-2016, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by puckedoff
Not too mention all the bottles, transport, waste, etc. Stupid. Just stupid.
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I will drink tap water before bottled water in the majority of situations, but I do appreciate the convenience of having bottled water to take camping and any other outdoor excursion so I am not completely opposed to it.
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09-29-2016, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by btimbit
I drink lots of bottled water at work
But I agree with the above. People that act like tap water is gross and bad for you or something are ridiculous
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It was bottled water that got me off pop. Instead of reaching for that can of coke in the fridge I now reach for the bottle of water.
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09-29-2016, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by greyshep
I will drink tap water before bottled water in the majority of situations, but I do appreciate the convenience of having bottled water to take camping and any other outdoor excursion so I am not completely opposed to it.
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This is really the only reasonable time to use bottled water IMO.
I buy it sometimes if I'm really thirsty and that's my only option, but I always feel like a butthead whenever I do.
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09-29-2016, 10:25 PM
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I recall a conversation with some folks, they were bitching about the price of gas, while drinking $4 bottles of water. I told them they were stupid.
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09-29-2016, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
I recall a conversation with some folks, they were bitching about the price of gas, while drinking $4 bottles of water. I told them they were stupid.
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I had an Econ professor that would say this at the beginning of every semester for his class.
"People that buy bottled water have no right to complain about the price of gas!"
Peter Tracey. What a cranky old gem.
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09-29-2016, 10:38 PM
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Looooooooooooooch
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Might as well try to bring down capitalism.
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