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	Requiem Bar Star (15580posts) 9/2/2009 9:52:00 PM Bottled water is already a pet peeve of mine, when we live in a part of the world fortunate enough to have spectacular water right out of the tap. But the trendsters who sip that stupid imported water out of the square bottle now piss me off even more. http://www.motherjones.co.../2009/09/fiji-spin-bottle I knew Fiji was a backwater little country with a military dictatorship, but the fact the general populace of the country this aquifer water is coming from don't have access to clean water themselves is monstrous. Also the owners of Fiji Water are the couple who own Pom Wonderful, and big fans of harsh animal testing. Fuck you Lynda Resnick. I hope you get cancer.
	Esta Promo Model (48515posts) 9/3/2009 7:30:00 AM Interesting article. The idea that the square bottle allows them to get more bottles of water in a pack of 12 or 24 is hilarious.
	shmoove_cwiminal Member (7794posts) 9/3/2009 8:19:00 AM I'm sure their cases are smaller, which means they are "more efficient in transport". They don't get more bottles per case, but I can almost guarantee they get more bottles per skid.
	Esta Promo Model (48515posts) 9/3/2009 8:27:00 AM Looks about the same size as any other box of 24 bottles of water.
	Esta Promo Model (48515posts) 9/3/2009 8:30:00 AM
	sunday Member (6080posts) 9/3/2009 9:04:00 AM The idea that the square bottle allows them to get more bottles of water in a pack of 12 or 24 is hilarious. i did not want to read the article but i did search for "more" and could not find this ridiculous statement. so it is probably as shmoove_cwiminal says, shipping on a pallet. as for the image. one word. scale. it is simple geometry. i have bought square bottled water before and find that they are not as resilient as the round ones. there is a very good square one but it has thicker plastic and more expensive.
	InfectedRectum Member (8978posts) 9/3/2009 9:17:00 AM lynda resnick is probably jat too!!!
	InfectedRectum Member (8978posts) 9/3/2009 9:19:00 AM god damn water farmers
	shmoove_cwiminal Member (7794posts) 9/3/2009 9:27:00 AM I'm guessing the bottles are shorter. The only way they'd take up as much space as conventional bottles is if they used more packaging, which may be the case if they come in boxes instead of flats. Still, II'm sticking with my grade 8 math teacher who told me squares are more efficient than circles.
	_pixie_ Oldschool CVer (14699posts) 9/3/2009 1:48:00 PM Hahaha. It's basic geometry. But I'm not surprised Esta has trouble with that, not finishing highschool and all...
	Esta Promo Model (48515posts) 9/3/2009 2:02:00 PM Uh, ya.
	Esta Promo Model (48515posts) 9/3/2009 2:03:00 PM But just for kicks _pixie_ I am going to go out for a while and when I get back I would like to see a detailed explanation of how basic geometry is applied to this example.
	KungPow Raver (23496posts) 9/3/2009 2:40:00 PM What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?
	sunday Member (6080posts) 9/3/2009 6:07:00 PM which has more volume, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? you must be joking, esta...
	Spiderwoman Member (54106posts) 9/4/2009 2:19:00 PM Fiji water is delicious but I feel guilty drinking it. I don't want Fiji to collapse into the ground because all the water holding the place up is sucked away.
	_stranger_ Dancer (38106posts) 9/4/2009 1:40:00 PM delicious? oh fuck
	_stranger_ Dancer (38106posts) 9/4/2009 1:41:00 PM smh
	shmoove_cwiminal Member (7794posts) 9/4/2009 2:05:00 PM Lol. I'll bet 90% of people couldn't tell the difference between bottled waters under a blind taste test. Maybe between spring water and purified water, but not brands. Even that is doubtful.
	_K_ Member (1247posts) 9/4/2009 2:17:00 PM March 14, 2008 LONDON — It made for great headlines, but the fact that the UK version of Coca-Cola’s Dasani brand bottled water comes out of the London public supply should hardly have come as a surprise. Figures from independent beverage research company Canadean show that at least two out of every five bottles of water sold around the world are, like Dasani, “purified” waters, rather than “source” waters which originate from a spring. http://www.commondreams.o...g/headlines04/0304-04.htm
	shmoove_cwiminal Member (7794posts) 9/4/2009 2:41:00 PM Did, or does, Dasani claim to be from source water?
	_K_ Member (1247posts) 9/4/2009 3:32:00 PM No, they didn't. What they are doing is basically bottling London tap water and selling it to the gullible consumer. A Brita style filter would be just as effective, but then again we have people who delude themselves into thinking certain brands of water taste "delicious". shrug Caveat emptor.