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Fiji water is indeed from Fiji, which seems a little wasteful when there’s apparently nothing special about it otherwise.
by antiterra 4y ago
Fiji water is indeed from Fiji, which seems a little wasteful when there’s apparently nothing special about it otherwise.
- kennywinker 4y agoOof. That’s upsetting. Shipping water has got to be one of the least efficient things imaginable. I just assumed they were lying because it’s so common to lie about the geography of your product.
- vasco 4y agoYou're not really shipping water, you're shipping plastic bottles with marketing labels. Once you think of it like that it makes more sense. Anyone that is buying Fiji water could already have a reusable bottle and drink from the tap.
- kennywinker 4y agoWell, no, because they're shipping the weight of the water as well.
- neomech 4y agoThey probably should dehydrate it first.
- tzs 4y agoYou probably meant that as a joke...but suppose they made sure there was a trace of actual Fiji water in the bottle before they filled the bottle with local water could they legally get away with saying its from Fiji if they added "homeopathic" to the label?
- mreome 4y agoAll natural spring water. From concentrate.
- elkos 4y agoJust add water
- kupopuffs 4y agoSorry, what ? Your OP literally says they're shipping water from fiji. The value is for the label, but the logistics are still shipping the weight of a ton of water
- jfim 4y agoFiji imports more goods than it exports. As such, ships that bring goods to the islands come in full but leave without a full load. Carrying water, while it seems silly, is a use of that empty capacity.
- carlosjobim 4y agoShips spend more fuel the more weight they ship. If you ship something unnecessary, you are wasting fuel for nothing.
- jfim 4y agoThe ship has to return, empty or not. If the shipping company can recoup some of those costs (labor, fuel, insurance, etc.) by selling the otherwise empty space to someone who sells bottled island water, it's a net gain for both the shipping company and the Fijian economy.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe point, which you seem to be purposefully missing, is it's a net loss for the world.
- carlosjobim 4y agoOf course it's good for the shipping company and the water sellers. Otherwise they wouldn't do it.
- Ekaros 4y agoUnless the shipped amount is exactly the ballast... But even then the ballast and any cargo is placed differently so even that point wouldn't work.
- googlryas 4y agoFiji water tastes better than tap water almost always. Yes, I've done a blind taste test in before. No, it doesn't mean it's worth shipping water from an island across the ocean. In any case, my favorite water of all time is "El dorado springs", which happens to be sourced very close to me here in boulder, co.
- Mistletoe 4y agoThat is such an insane waste of fossil fuels to transport that all that way. Water molecules are the same everywhere and whatever tiny traces of soluble salts are in it could be added back and pass a double blind taste test. Buying bottled water is its own insanity anyway and I know the Fiji is marketing but still.
- tmountain 4y agoA conservationist once told me that if I could just do one simple thing to help the planet, it would be to avoid buying bottled water whenever possible.
- carlosjobim 4y agoHe was wrong. If you're on the go it is healthier to buy bottled water than buying soda, and the environmental impact is no different.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 4y agoUnless it’s Fiji water (as discussed).
- tmountain 4y agoSorry, let me be clear. It's better to get your water from the tap with a re-usable bottle than to buy bottled water. With a qualifier--filtered tap water if your water quality isn't great. Never mentioned soda...
- _8j50 4y agoWhat is it with this nonsense, Fiji has a peculiar taste people pay for. I don't care if they put it in a plastic or glass bottle, I will buy it. Also, they don't have to (doubt they do) bottle it in fiji. By your logic global trade itself is a waste of fossil fuels. This sort of utopian impractical thinking does more harm to the cause of reducing climate change than actual fossil fuels. Can you not transport goods with renewable energy powered ships and trucks? Can you not use glass or tin cans for bottling like some brands do? Of course you can! Yet you and others want the burden to be on consumers or the actual product people want and you're surprised when people don't give a shit about climate change.
- _8j50 4y agoAre you kidding me? Fiji is very special, it is the only water I've ever tasted that has that smooth texture. Worth every penny. If you can replicate it from elsewhere be my guest. Also, the people of fiji benefiting from this I am sure will not agree with you about it being wasteful.
- pigsty 4y agoCold brewed microplastics after a trip across the world, powered by extra virgin bunker fuel.
- _8j50 4y agoYes, not so different from just about every soda or bottled drink right? It's a miracle people are taking climate change so seriously with this basically being the talking point.
- pigsty 4y agoI think the people who complain about drinking bottled water are generally drinking less stuff from plastic bottles as a whole.
- kube-system 4y agoSoft drinks are usually bottled locally, with local water.
- kennywinker 4y agoSodas are actually usually bottled somewhere near-ish to you. There are 900 coke bottling plants globally.
- Ekaros 4y agoThe big soft-drink brands optimize for cost. And transport is really a huge part when we talk about almost entirely water as product. Actual soda fountains are fun to think, they make the stuff there on the spot from water supply, co2 and syrup... Minimising transport distance.
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoCouple of years ago I had to do some budget downsizing. Stopped buying bottled water- tap water is so good here that it made no logical sense to buy Evian anyway. Just put water in a caraf and throw it in the fridge and presto money saved.