You might be wondering what exactly I mean by the title “Go Tap!!!” Well the truth is that people should start drinking more tap water in order to help the environment. Huh?!? It was recently said by United States Environmentalists and I quote, “bottled drinking water is contributing to global warming.” In order to decrease the progress of global warming we need to start drinking bottled water and go tap!

Pile of Poland Spring Bottled Water

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Bottled water companies generate an estimated profit of $11 billion in sales. Why?? Because more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water is being consumed annually in the United States.

The production of plastic bottles alone burns more than 1.5 million barrels of oil. All of these barrels could power 100,000 cars for a full year. We, as human beings, need to think about all of the unnecessary energy costs that go into making a bottle of water. A bottle that will most likely end up in the trash.

Tying in with our lesson on the “ecological footprint,” one of the easiest ways to lower our footprint is by drinking tap water instead of buying bottled water. Being a regular bottled water drinker myself, I am going to begin drinking and replacing my bottled water with tap water. Such a small change in someone’s life can fuel 100,000 cars for a year. I hope that everyone, including myself, will try to better our ecological footprint by drinking tap water.

Sources:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070420-20592100-bc-us-bottledwater.xml

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/04/20/environmentalists_blast_bottled_water/

http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/01/17/News/A.BottledWater.Blast-2651112.shtml