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Now, tell me again about the high cost of gas?

I'm not up in arms about the cost of gas, but Michael, in addition to what Malsua wrote, in order for your comparison to make even a little sense, all water sold by the gallon would have to cost over $10.00. As it is, you can go to any grocer and purchase a gallon of spring water for as little as 89 cents, a far cry from $10.00 per gallon.

[Michael.SF.]

My original post was meant to be tonque-in-cheek and some of you have seemed to have taken it too literally.

The real fact of the matter is the cost of infrastructure to produce bottled water is minuscule compared to the costs of:

Finding an oil deposit
Drilling a well
drilling a well which actually produces oil
paying royalties to the land owner
transportation of the oil to the refinery
building a refinery
operation costs
bringing that oil to market
taxes
etc. etc. etc.

The fact of the matter is a gallon of gasoline is still a relatively good value.