>>>>>>I would disagree about "crap is cheap" vs "good stuff is expensive" I go shopping to BJ (local food club, like a big store). I see many people loading their carriages with soda bottles and I load my carriage with water bottles. Which one do you think is more expensive and is less healthy? <g>
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>>>>>I hope you check it really closely. Far too often, even with the big name producers, that bottled water is tap water. And that makes it way too expensive.
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>>>>>And generally speaking, unless Foxborough has really poor systems, tap water is clean and eminently drinkable. It has won top spot in many a blind taste test.
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>>>>I think you missed the point I was making.
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>>>No, I don't think I did. I just didn't comment on it. I wanted to jump on the idea of people buying tap water and thinking it's better just because it's in a bottle.
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>>I agree. At home I don't drink bottle water. But when I go to the gym it is easier for me just to grab a bottle. Of course, one can say that you could wash and keep refilling the same bottle. But then, they won't be able to call me lazy :).
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>Actually, that's not such a good idea. Apparently the plastic begins to break down into the water after about the 3rd reuse.

I presume this is with the "eco-friendly" plastic that is designed to automatically break down after a few years? I'd think that the new "eco-friendly" plastic wasn't so eco-friendly as it encouraged dispsable thinking rather than encouraging reuse/recycling.