Worldwide, some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year.
I just bought an Aquafina.
Making bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 US cars for a year
Roughly 40 percent of bottled water begins as tap water
86 percent of plastic water bottles in the United States end up as garbage and those buried can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.
The rapid growth in the bottled water industry has also ironically led to water shortages in some areas, including India where bottling of Dasani water and other drinks by the Coca-Cola company has caused shortages in more than 50 villages. Well we already know that Coke is one huge bitch anyways, so…
This year some of the worlds largest oil corporation posted thier highest profits yet. The huge profits reported by oil and gas companies would turn into losses if the social costs of their greenhouse gas emissions were taken into account. WTF the world is ending and we are giving the CEOs more bonuses? Oh well. I’m going to drive to Haggen to get some candy. I love sugar. And will get a plastic bag instead of paper and then…and then. Maybe I should stay with Huxley. <3 <3 Ben <3 <3
Slightly beautiful? Even a little?
This is a real picture of low income housing around Mexico City.
I go to an all girls boarding school. Sometimes girls can be so tough on one another. I know this for a fact.
We were in a physics lesson once, and we were learning about static electricity. We blew up balloons, rubbed them on our jumpers, did the experiment. No problem. Till someone accidentally popped their balloon on a pin. Then everyone started doing it. 14 balloons popped all at once. A girl couldn’t take it, she just couldn’t. She screamed and cried. We didn’t know what was wrong. She really screamed.
We then found out that she has a phobia of balloon popping. Then some girls did it more just to pest her. How awful, I didn’t know what to do, so I punched those 2 girls. Then I got suspended. But I feel as if I did something good for that girl.
-England
