Tap vs. Bottled–What Should You Drink?

I saw a comedian on TV talking about bottled water. He was speaking with a French accent and saying something like "How stupid do I think Americans are? I bet we could sell them water."

I admit that we buy flavored bottled waters from Wal Mart. I figure it's better than letting the kids drink soda all of the time that's full of sugar, although we do buy soda from time to time. My kids never even drank soda until they started school & the teachers started giving cans out for rewards. Then 6 years later I have a school counslor offering me literature about how to get kids to cut down. My wife is a doctor & has to deal with all of the overweight kids because of their sedentary lifestyles & too much sugar. Not to mention the kids getting diabetes. As far as drinking water goes, we have a filter built into the door of our refrigerator, & most of the time I just get my water straight from the faucet.

I lived for 8 years in areas that had curbside recycling. Then we moved to where we live now & if you want to recycle anything other than aluminum or cardboard the closest center is about 80+ miles away. I do think we should do what we can to recycle, but if I have to drive 160 miles round trip, I have to measure the benefit of it against the cost in fuel and the pollution my vehicle makes.