As the natural resources of our Earth continue to deplete at steady, and astonishing rates, people have begun to point fingers at large businesses and corporations, especially those who produce seemingly unnecessary products, such as bottled water. It is easy to see why many would target and blame big corporations in the bottled water industry, for it can be reasonably assumed that their main agenda is making a profit. That being said, some of the allegations being directed towards these businesses are false, and need to be clarified before we, as a team, can work towards reaching a solution.
The number of facts someone has on a topic do not matter, if those facts are not true. 10 major claims pertaining to the bottle water industry and their …show more content…
It should be made clear that this fact is not true on a worldwide scale, only on a local scale. This false statement is similar to one said often by friends at the lunch table that follows the lines of “wasting food that the starving kids of Africa could use”. 98.5% of the bottle water industry uses only domestic water for their products; therefore, countries that are essentially dry or in dire need of clean drinking water are not being “tapped” for the sake of profits. That being said, the industry can take water from the people in our own backyard who need …show more content…
The Pacific Institute estimates that it takes about 106 megajoules of energy to produce this product. Due to the fact that 1 barrel of oil produces around 6,000 megajoules, the amount of barrels needed does approximately add up to 17 million. As outrageous as the number sounds, it is a fairly accurate estimate as to how much oil it truly takes to produce the product. This number is one of the reasons why protesters are so outraged by the water bottle industry and its excessive use of fossil fuels to make a product we generally don’t even need. Some attempt to defend this eye-opening fact by stating that, in comparison to other companies’ and services’ use of oil, the amount of oil used for this industry is not quite as large. While this may be true, their attempts to make excuses for the bottle water industry are fruitless, and sometimes lead to more protest than
The number of facts someone has on a topic do not matter, if those facts are not true. 10 major claims pertaining to the bottle water industry and their …show more content…
It should be made clear that this fact is not true on a worldwide scale, only on a local scale. This false statement is similar to one said often by friends at the lunch table that follows the lines of “wasting food that the starving kids of Africa could use”. 98.5% of the bottle water industry uses only domestic water for their products; therefore, countries that are essentially dry or in dire need of clean drinking water are not being “tapped” for the sake of profits. That being said, the industry can take water from the people in our own backyard who need …show more content…
The Pacific Institute estimates that it takes about 106 megajoules of energy to produce this product. Due to the fact that 1 barrel of oil produces around 6,000 megajoules, the amount of barrels needed does approximately add up to 17 million. As outrageous as the number sounds, it is a fairly accurate estimate as to how much oil it truly takes to produce the product. This number is one of the reasons why protesters are so outraged by the water bottle industry and its excessive use of fossil fuels to make a product we generally don’t even need. Some attempt to defend this eye-opening fact by stating that, in comparison to other companies’ and services’ use of oil, the amount of oil used for this industry is not quite as large. While this may be true, their attempts to make excuses for the bottle water industry are fruitless, and sometimes lead to more protest than