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@cstross A lot of urbanist/transit advocates sincerely hate battery-electric vehicles because they see them as an inferior alternative to, and a distraction from, mass transit-- they want to eliminate personal vehicles (apart from bicycles). But that doesn't look like what's happening here. 4 comments
@argv_minus_one @mattmcirvin @cstross Bottled water is just somebody else's tap water with a lot of nanoplastics and petrochemical degredation products added. Tap water is safe in the vast majority of America, although bottled water companies spend a lot to try to get people to believe otherwise. Where it's not entirely safe, it could be fixed for way, way, way less than the insane price and inconvenience of bottled water.  > Bottled water is just somebody else's tap water Only if you buy bottled water marked “from a municipal source” or similar. Don't buy that bottled water; it's a scam. > with a lot of nanoplastics and petrochemical degredation products added. That stuff's in tap water, too. Bottled water, at least, lacks lead, chlorine, or any of the other fun stuff that ends up in tap water. > Tap water is safe in the vast majority of America I assume this is some kind of joke. 1/2 > Where it's not entirely safe, it could be fixed for way, way, way less than the insane price and inconvenience of bottled water. Yes, of course it could. But it won't. This is America; charging people exorbitant amounts of money in exchange for not poisoning them is a time-honored tradition around here. 2/2 |
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I still want to know how these urbanists are carrying home 100+ pounds of bottled water every weekend. Tap water isn't safe in most of America.