I ' m all for giving things a chance but you don ' t get to pontificate for 3 hours and have what you say go unchallenged otherwise it ' s a lecture not a discussion . <| sep |> Hey look . another crybaby . The world is rigged against you buddy . Now go boohoo in the corner . <| sep |> I save my rare ones for where they are appreciated <| sep |> You were seriously arguing over whether the industry contributes to the economy and society positively ? I can tell you with a resounding yes that it does . Simple enough it provides consumers with a product that would otherwise be unavailable , bottled water . Those goods have value and are sold meaning the consumer valued the bottled of water more than the price he paid for it while the producer the opposite . Trade is how all wealth is created and this is no different . In addition since the L water usedL beverage produced of bottled water is the lowest of any beverage you can buy in a store , the alternatives would make any water problems even worse . To put in in pure economic speak if you deem the social cost and negative externalities of bottled water enough to be a market failure than most every good and service we consume would fail as well .