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265 comments on Why oil costs over $120 per barrel

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Iconoclast421 on May 29, 2008 - 9:16am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Bottled water is already much cheaper than oil. Just because water costs a buck a liter (or more) doesnt mean it costs $8 a gallon or $300 a barrel. Most of the cost of water is in the per unit price, and it doesnt scale linearly. If you were to buy a barrel of spring water, it would only cost you about $10-$30, depending on where you are. Most of that cost would be delivery.

In a sense, when you buy water, you are really buying oil. The oil it took to pump and package the water.

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folsomman on May 30, 2008 - 3:07am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I get a flat of 35 1/2 liter bottles of water for $6 at Costco. What you pay for is convenience.

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Euan Mearns on May 30, 2008 - 1:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I lifted the price from this link here:

https://secure1.securewebexchange.com/aquamaestro.com/innerview.asp?cati...

One of the real issues here is the poor quality of water in our taps. In Aberdeen my wife and two kids refuse to drink the tap water which they claim is foul.

Bottled water wastes energy and produces so much waste.

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