Well I just drove back from my parents place so I really don't have the energy to look very hard for something to blog about.
I did, however, stumble upon this interesting article that compares the pros, and mostly, the cons of bottled water from an environmental standpoint.
The figures they give are definitely worth a look.
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It recommends "airing out" the tap water overnight in the refrigerator to remove the chlorine. I don't know about you, but I don't have room in my refrigerator to air out the 4-8 half liter bottles I drink in a single day (depending on weather as well as how hard and at what pace I am working). Convenience while I'm at work is paramount when you're sweating out half of what you're drinking, environment aside. If I die of heat stroke or dehydration, what good to the environment would I be then? Just a pile of raw materials.
But I do agree, it is patently absurd to offer a "bottled water" list and relate it to the wine list (I realize this was probably meant as a joke in the article). First, why should it matter what brand of water it is? It's supposed to be completely tasteless and odorless in the first place. It all should consist of 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen. It's all the same. Frankly, I always order a water (no lemon) when I eat out and am quite satisfied with the taste so long as it is cold (and so long as it is not Norman, OK municipal water... But I'm quite sure that's a reference only I can fully appreciate).
If one wanted to get technical, distilled water would be the purest form you can ingest, but it takes an enormous amount of energy (4.186 J/g*K, saying that it takes 4.186 Joules of energy to heat one gram of water by one degree Kelvin or Centigrade)to heat water to a boil, and approximately 539 times as much energy (40.65 KJ/mol, and one mole weighs 18.01 grams if you want to relate it to the first value) to change the state of that water from liquid to gas in order to evaporate the water from the source (leaving the impurities) and condensing it on the other side. This, obviously, makes it a very expensive process. I realize the math was irrelevant, but I felt like doing it anyway.
In any case, and back to the joke in the article, I would take a proper wine to pair with my meals than an overpriced bottle of water, and failing that, tap water please.
This was the best I could come up with while half asleep....
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