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It's a stupid, inefficient, and wasteful use of water. If almond growers want to use a ton of water to grow almonds, fine. At least we get almonds, almond milk

It's a stupid, inefficient, and wasteful use of water. If almond growers want to use a ton of water to grow almonds, fine. At least we get almonds, almond milk, almond oil, etc from that water usage. Bottled water gets us nothing because most places it's getting shipped to already have clean, potable water available. It's a waste of water first and foremost. (Obviously this argument is against wealthy first world nations drinking bottled water. It's totally reasonable to ship clean water to the 2nd and 3rd world). It's doubly offensive when you factor in the fact that most bottled water is transported in single use plastic containers that don't fall apart. There weren't any empty water bottles washed up on lakes in the 90s. They're everywhere now. It's triply offensive when you consider this water is transported using pollution emitting vehicles. It's 3x the waste for 1x the benefit. The final straw is that a company is getting rich doing this but not paying for the externalities they're creating.

peteey 7y ago
Almonds, meat, and golf courses are exorbitant consumers of water which no one needs to survive. You absolutely need water to survive. One liter of bottled water requires 1 liter of water. One liter of almond milk requires 384. It is absurd that you justify almost 400x water consumption because "at least we get almonds". I live in Florida. The amount of water I need is independent of bottles. If I drink a gallon of water from a pipe or bottle, I take a gallon of water out of the springs. If I drink a gallon of almond milk, I take 400 gallons from somewhere in California. Your argument against plastic applies to almost all other things in grocery stores. The argument is specifically applied to water because everyone seems to have a personal grudge against Nestle. Is bottled water wasteful? Yes. Should we dedicate more energy towards 400x wasteful activities in the same grocery store? Only if you want to be taken seriously.
- ChrisLomont 7y ago
  Where do you think those 384 liters of water to produce a liter of almond milk go? Back into the environment, mostly the ground. Water is not being consumed or destroyed. There’s the same 384 liters left.
  - dpark 7y ago
    If this were true, aquifers wouldn’t be falling worldwide. Some of the water will make its way back into the aquifer. Most of it will evaporate, eventually raining down into an ocean or onto a watershed that drains into an ocean.

peteey 7y ago

Almonds, meat, and golf courses are exorbitant consumers of water which no one needs to survive. You absolutely need water to survive. One liter of bottled water requires 1 liter of water. One liter of almond milk requires 384. It is absurd that you justify almost 400x water consumption because "at least we get almonds". I live in Florida. The amount of water I need is independent of bottles. If I drink a gallon of water from a pipe or bottle, I take a gallon of water out of the springs. If I drink a gallon of almond milk, I take 400 gallons from somewhere in California. Your argument against plastic applies to almost all other things in grocery stores. The argument is specifically applied to water because everyone seems to have a personal grudge against Nestle. Is bottled water wasteful? Yes. Should we dedicate more energy towards 400x wasteful activities in the same grocery store? Only if you want to be taken seriously.

ChrisLomont 7y ago
Where do you think those 384 liters of water to produce a liter of almond milk go? Back into the environment, mostly the ground. Water is not being consumed or destroyed. There’s the same 384 liters left.
- dpark 7y ago
  If this were true, aquifers wouldn’t be falling worldwide. Some of the water will make its way back into the aquifer. Most of it will evaporate, eventually raining down into an ocean or onto a watershed that drains into an ocean.