Sorry about the super late comic today guys. I was supposed to go to London Expo, then got sick and had to stay at home and things have generally not been going my way this week.
Anyway, selling canned air to China is a thing now. "High quality air" from mountains and the seaside is worth quite a bit, and people from several countries are entering the "air business".
The thing about the water isn't so much a Norwegian problem specifically, but there have been a few bottled water companies that claimed to sell super special borderline magical water from remote mountain tops, only to get if from the tap or even dirty lakes. So we can't really mock the Chinese too much for buying air.
And my ad for this was an ad for 'pure water' that said "Do you know why pure water is different than mineral water? Find out here! #StartLivingHealthily"
@MelodicFury It's convenient if the municipal water supply is unsafe (Mexico) or nonexistent (some rural areas of the US). In areas prone to natural disasters, it's probably a good idea to keep some emergency drinking water around just in case.
But these are edge cases. Bottled water as a regular drink is a massive waste of resources.
@NYKevin Yup a few gallons per person per day, and three days minimum is suggested for disaster kits. Don't forget additional water for any pets. I've always had a disaster kit, no matter where I've lived. The possible disasters differed, so the places to take cover changed, but that's it. Check your kits every six months, and don't forget your medications, at least three days' worth.
@MelodicFury if you drink our tap water, even if you have a filter on your house you WILL get kidney stones! Hail to bottled water. And shit would you go to Bali and not drink bottled water, enjoy your stomach bug not sure how many other places have this problem, but I'm sure it's more than two.
@NYKevin @Namitsu
Both good points. I was tired and just so used to people in places with safe municipal water supplies who have been sold on the idea that their tap water isn't safe and who drink bottled water to exclusivity (which drives me crazy to see). So much plastic waste (even if a person can recycle the bottle, it's still nowhere near as resource efficient as tap water if your supply is safe), and it's usually tap water anyway. It is very true that there are plenty of places where bottled water is a necessity.
@MelodicFury yeh if you can drink the tap water your stupid not too. also were I come from, in the places you need bottled water there is no recycling.. so remote areas, in cities (where the tap water is normally fine to drink) they have recycling. Weird system, I'm pretty sure that all the places like were I live don't recycle as it would be more of a pollution getting the "recyclables" to somewhere tha,t does recycle than it's worth. Yep it's something like that
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