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Want Lower Gas Prices– Stop Buying Bottled Water

Now here’s something interesting.  Guess what the main ingredient for the plastic bags at Wal-Mart, and the bottle water that you’ve been drinking.  Turns out it’s petroleum– the same thing that’s costing us more at the pump…

Bottom line, the production of 31.2 billion liters of water for the U.S. bottled water market took roughly 17.6 million barrels of oil. The calculation is explained in more detail at the Pacific Institute’s information page under the energy requirements for plastic bottles.

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