But it's so tasty!
Talk about an energy drink. The first comprehensive and peer-reviewed energy analysis of a bottle of water confirms what many environmentalists have charged. From start to finish, bottled water consumes between 1100 and 2000 times more energy on average than does tap water.Read more about it here. I wonder how much energy goes into making a bottle of Bling water. Archaelogists of the future: This is what we were drinking while Rome burned. Posted by cradle at February 27, 2009 7:13 PM
Actual article here:
"the total energy required for bottled water will typically range
from 5.6 to 10.2 MJ l−1."
"The average energy intensity of municipal water in Southern California, for example, is ... 0.03 MJ(th) l−1."
It is my impression that their calculations for tap water does not take into account in capital energy costs of trenching, dam building, mining ore, refining metal, and creating pipes, nor does it seem to take into account ongoing tap water energy costs of maintenance and capital replacement.
US energy consumption per capita is 333 million BTUs (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0105.html) or 351 GJ.
Thus every liter of bottled water you drink represents .003% of your total yearly energy use.
OK, this is actually much larger than I thought!
Posted by: Mr. Econotarian at April 3, 2009 7:44 PM