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Water is bottled in Africa! But before it is bottled it is turned into Coca Cola. In a lot of African areas Coca Cola is cheaper than clean water! Just think a

Water is bottled in Africa! But before it is bottled it is turned into Coca Cola. In a lot of African areas Coca Cola is cheaper than clean water! Just think about the health impact. Nestlé buys water then turns it into something trademarked and sells it. That's free market - and it's a huge shit and should be stopped.

microcolonel 9y ago
> In a lot of African areas Coca Cola is cheaper than clean water! Just think about the health impact. If it really is cheaper than potable water (enough to be considered an alternative!), then I'm sure that hydration concerns come well before dietary planning concerns. What on earth is wrong with Coca Cola producing a finished soda product at a lower cost than competing water products? > Nestlé buys water then turns it into something trademarked and sells it. That's free market - and it's a huge shit and should be stopped. Why should it be stopped? People buy the water, people who want the water buy it. People will buy water whether it's Nestlé's product or Coca-Cola's. If they want to buy it from Nestlé, what is your problem with that? Food is a commodity, food is not a right; but food is a necessity. Ideally people are fed, people make a serious effort to make this happen. Water is a commodity, not a right; whether or not it is a necessity has no bearing. When you see farmers selling agricultural products in a marketplace it must make your blood boil. To think that they would make an effort to transform the natural resources of the land into a branded product and sell it; the nerve!
- blubb-fish 9y ago
  if you buy water and turn it into coca cola then you have to put a margin on the price for the energy and resources needed to produce cola! isn't that obvious? what you don't get is that you have to distinguish between two prices: - price for buying water from a source - price for buying water in a shop Nestlé will buy cheap water from a source - and not just part of it but pretty much all of it. then sells it overpriced as cola. obviously if Nestlé would sell water immediately after buying from a source and just bottling it - then it would have to be cheaper than Cola (b/c of less processing). but if Nestlé would buy all the water and just resell it - then this would be obviously crooked - the people's water source should not depend on a corporation who is bribing the elite and politicians for an exclusive access to that resource. got it? and to state that it doesn't matter if the primary fluid source of a human being is Cola or water and to deny health affects or downplay them - that's ridiculous.
  - microcolonel 9y ago
    > Nestlé will buy cheap water from a source - and not just part of it but pretty much all of it. then sells it overpriced as cola. You could also look at the situation and conclude that the most expensive parts of bottling and selling either coca-cola or water are the bottles, the water purification, the transport, and the retail labour. There is nothing suspicious about Coca-Cola and similarly-packaged water being roughly the same price. It is not obvious that the difference between the cost of producing Coca-Cola and the price of producing bottled water is so different that they should always be sold for different prices.

microcolonel 9y ago

> In a lot of African areas Coca Cola is cheaper than clean water! Just think about the health impact. If it really is cheaper than potable water (enough to be considered an alternative!), then I'm sure that hydration concerns come well before dietary planning concerns. What on earth is wrong with Coca Cola producing a finished soda product at a lower cost than competing water products? > Nestlé buys water then turns it into something trademarked and sells it. That's free market - and it's a huge shit and should be stopped. Why should it be stopped? People buy the water, people who want the water buy it. People will buy water whether it's Nestlé's product or Coca-Cola's. If they want to buy it from Nestlé, what is your problem with that? Food is a commodity, food is not a right; but food is a necessity. Ideally people are fed, people make a serious effort to make this happen. Water is a commodity, not a right; whether or not it is a necessity has no bearing. When you see farmers selling agricultural products in a marketplace it must make your blood boil. To think that they would make an effort to transform the natural resources of the land into a branded product and sell it; the nerve!

blubb-fish 9y ago
if you buy water and turn it into coca cola then you have to put a margin on the price for the energy and resources needed to produce cola! isn't that obvious? what you don't get is that you have to distinguish between two prices: - price for buying water from a source - price for buying water in a shop Nestlé will buy cheap water from a source - and not just part of it but pretty much all of it. then sells it overpriced as cola. obviously if Nestlé would sell water immediately after buying from a source and just bottling it - then it would have to be cheaper than Cola (b/c of less processing). but if Nestlé would buy all the water and just resell it - then this would be obviously crooked - the people's water source should not depend on a corporation who is bribing the elite and politicians for an exclusive access to that resource. got it? and to state that it doesn't matter if the primary fluid source of a human being is Cola or water and to deny health affects or downplay them - that's ridiculous.
- microcolonel 9y ago
  > Nestlé will buy cheap water from a source - and not just part of it but pretty much all of it. then sells it overpriced as cola. You could also look at the situation and conclude that the most expensive parts of bottling and selling either coca-cola or water are the bottles, the water purification, the transport, and the retail labour. There is nothing suspicious about Coca-Cola and similarly-packaged water being roughly the same price. It is not obvious that the difference between the cost of producing Coca-Cola and the price of producing bottled water is so different that they should always be sold for different prices.