I have a couple of problems with the continued villainy of bottled water. First and foremost, it’s a given. If you’re conscious of the affect your lifestyle has on the environment, there’s no reason why you should be drinking bottled water. It’s obviously stupid, it’s like buying a can of air.

I’m not sure why we need two dozen campaigns to fight against buying what already comes out of our faucets for free, but I have this nagging feeling that all of that concern and effort would be better spent elsewhere. Like, how about getting congress to pass a tax credit for renewable energy.

I’m also concerned that we’ve somehow overlooked that bottled water isn’t nearly as popular as bottled sugar water. Bottled sugar water, it turns out, is actually worse for the environment than bottled water, because you have to get the sugar. Something we enviros don’t like to talk about is the fact that soft-drink purchases have actually declined significantly since the advent of bottled water. This can’t be a bad thing, especially considering the obesity epidemic.

Still, for some reason, there’s no campaign against soda, which is responsible for about seven times more waste than bottled water.

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EcoGeek a good point. Water is just water. Soda has the high fructose corn syrup to harvest and process, all of those chemicals to refine and transport — it makes bottled water seem to pale in comparison. Yet another reason to quit drinking soda!

Speaking of soda, check out this map of the popular vernacular for soda vs pop vs coke. Very interesting indeed.

Pop vs Soda vs Coke Map

Some attribute the descriptive word ‘coke’ to Coca Cola being Headquartered in GA – however my guess is that it is more likely the success of marketing of Coke in that area which may explain it.

Sources report southerners coming up north an wanting an orange soda, for example “Orange Slice”, and ordering an “Orange Coke” to the confusion of the server.