[begin rant]

There is a new evil in the world, and it comes in the ubiquitous plastic bottle. It covers 2/3^rds of our planet, life as we know it cannot exist without it, and many don't have sufficient clean and potable supplies of it. It is called water. Di-Hydrogen Monoxide. H₂O. Ay matey, that fluid that mixes so well with a good bourbon or scotch.

That liquid state of matter that allows us our coffee and tea and is an integral part of climate change (whether the GW enthusiasts admit it or not). The stuff coming out of the sky in April to produce the "flowers, that bloom in May." Yes, putting it in a bottle so that people can buy it and transport it fairly easily is the new evil. Don't believe me? How could you not believe me, this is a transcendental issue, one more important than Darfur, more important than Iraq, more important than Christmas Merchandising.

Yesterday, Eric posting at Classical Values noted

... all this talk of taking a politically correct "pledge" not to drink bottled water makes me feel like running out and buying several cases on general principle.

 The activists are also screaming that bottled water leads to war:

The Women's International League of Peace and Freedom has launched a three-year "Save the Water" campaign, on the notion that drinking bottled water encourages privatization, which can lead to wars over water.

This really shouldn't come as a shock, because I heard about a recent incident involving an employee who was scolded at work for drinking a bottle of water from Fiji. Until then, I hadn't known there was such a thing about politically incorrect water, so I asked, and I was told that the objection was that because bottled water is transported, while tap water comes out of the faucet, that bottled water eats up more carbon than tap water, and the longer the distance from the source, the more carbon is burned.

But a lot of things are transported long distances -- many of them a lot more frivolous in nature than water. Does it matter whether the water industry helps the Fiji economy, or is that irrelevant?

In this world of carbon credits, save the dolphins, massive musical galas worldwide to stop global warming while at the same time putting millions of tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere to transport those singers and their crews, it is becoming increasingly obvious that those with a chip on their shoulder about this or that, about something or other are less interested in what is truly going on than in making themselves feel relevant.  Oh sure, they decry this wastefulness, want to save this or that animal but really, what is this all about.  We hear folks like Ted Kennedy saying the rich don't pay enough in taxes; does TK overpay to show he really cares?  Does he chip in a few tens of thousands of dollars so that a few middle class won't have to pay so much?  Is Al Gore willing to move into a small home to reduce his carbon footprint? 

How about John Travolta preaching to us about global warming while he maintains his numerous airplanes because "he likes to fly?"  Is John Edwards willing to live in the "other" of the two Americas?  And so it goes with this newest fad, some people don't have access, some carbon is used to transport it and it causes "privatization" which will surely bring war down on our heads. 

Any bets on what the next "newest best thing" is going to be?  [/rant]

H/T to Classical Values via Glenn Reynolds

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1 When mentioning that water is a great evil in terms of the environment, don't forget to mention GM that water vapor IS THE MOST ABUNDANT GREENHOUSE GAS in our atmosphere. And that the world's oceans produce about 48% of that evil carbon dioxide which enters our atmosphere. I don't think eliminating the bottles will do much to curb the warming of our planet as long as the oceans are allowed to survive.

just my 1/50th of a dollar...

Posted by: Gribbit at Monday, November 05 2007 12:32 PM (F2jGp)

2 Why would anyone ruin a perfectly good bourbon by adding water to it?  The only thing that should float in your bourbon is your liver....

Posted by: Big Dog at Monday, November 05 2007 12:41 PM (+q4Sb)

3 Have you ever seen the movie "Ice Pirates?"  It's about interplanetary fighting over water.  Oh, and it's quite possibly the absolutely worst movie ever made.  I highly suggest it. 

Posted by: Ogre at Monday, November 05 2007 12:44 PM (oifEm)

4 Ogre, even worse than Mars Attacks?  Then it has to be really, really, really bad!!!!

Posted by: GM Roper at Monday, November 05 2007 12:58 PM (CglRh)

5 [sigh] I'm thirsty.

Posted by: Douglas V. Gibbs at Monday, November 05 2007 01:10 PM (VxHOU)

6 no no... the beat all of terrible movies has to be An Inconvenient Deception aka An Inconvenient Truth. High Priest Al Gore lecturing on film to a Power Point presentation. How @%$#ing lame.

Posted by: Gribbit at Monday, November 05 2007 01:16 PM (F2jGp)

7 George; Oh, yeah. Far worse. Only redeeming feature is Angelica Huston as an eyepatch-wearing, leather-clad, swaggering tough guy (this in the era BEFORE Xena). Oh, and the space herpe. M

Posted by: Mark Alger at Monday, November 05 2007 01:43 PM (khmNK)

8 Dihydrogen Monoxide MUST BE BANNED!!!!

It contributes to erosion, in it's solid form can cause loss of tissue and even death, in its gaseous form can cause burns and even death, as little as a teaspoon can kill you and every single body of water of any size in the U.S. is polluted with it.  It is in all our food and drinks, even "all natural" things, and the FDA refuses to do anything about it.

It causes untold damage every year to property and crops around teh world.

The scourge must be stopped.

Go to http://DHMO.org and help in the fight against this most insidious chemical.

Posted by: kender at Monday, November 05 2007 02:48 PM (C6VZP)

9

Uh guys, this is nice, but I still say we need to fight the evil dihydrogen monoxide problem.  Do you know how many people die from that every day?

(e-mail me if you understand why I say this)

Posted by: Smokey at Tuesday, November 06 2007 05:14 AM (CJkqU)

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