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How much energy goes into making a bottle of water? (physorg.com)
2 points by indiejade on March 17, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


A: 2000 times more than the energy required to produce tap water.

Another interesting fact from the article: ". . . world consumption of bottled water has increased by 70% since 2001 to 200 billion liters in 2007."




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