How the world wastes $100 billion per year
By Hank Green
Bottled water is either the largest hoax ever pulled off or a marvelous example of exactly how lazy we, as a species, really are.
The world spends $100 billion on bottled water every year. Strangely enough, this water does not get to the millions of sick and dying people who do not have access to clean drinking water.
To bring potable water to the entire world would cost around $30 billion -- less than half of the amount that people who already have clean drinking water spend on bottles of the stuff every year.
I am honestly very angry about this, and I haven't even gotten into the environmental problems. In fact, I'm not going to ... I'm just going to leave it there ... and have this be my monthly rant at EcoGeek.
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