Diet Coke is 99% Water ( Now That's a Good Thing)
- Steven D. Levitt
Site:http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/diet-coke-is-99-water-and-that-is-now-a-good-thing/
Summary:
Back in the day when diet coke was said to be 99% water it was an insult. Considering that at that point water was free, diet coke was just free water! You must have been silly to have paid for some water and a little bit of artificial this and that. Times have changed and water sales have been growing rapidly. Over $50 billion dollars in sales each year for purchasing bottled water! As CBS reports, water is now as big of a business as soda businesses. Comparing that age and now, water is much more expensive and is more wanted.
One World:
The article Diet Coke is 99% Water ( Now That's a Good Thing), connects to what we are learning about by teaching the importance of water. It effects scientific knowledge by teaching us what diet coke consists of. This effects technology by making more efficient bottles for drinks because many people prefer bottled water or drinks. This effects society by getting more jobs and wasting money for water which is over priced when it used to be free. The benefits are people gaining money, companies expanding and more jobs are available. The limitations are people wasting money and others making profit out of natural resources.
Analysis/Evaluation:
The scientific information was comparing water in the olden times and present day. This article made sense because it was written by a scientist and included facts from scientists. I made a couple of inquires. Firstly, why was there free water then and not now? Secondly, why don't we have free water now? Thirdly, why do people prefer bottled water?
Reflection:
From this article I learned three main things. Firstly,water in drinks was considered silly. Most people didn't buy it because they got free water. This makes me angry because why did people have free water then? Because people want profit now. Secondly, that diet coke was made up of 90% water. I thought it was mainly artificial ingredients but I was wrong. Thirdly, people are really greedy because they can't give free water. Though if water was free it could be wasted more but there would be no people dying of thirst. In conclusion after reading this article the reasons above are what I learned. I hope water will be saved and developing countries get free water.
You did a great job in explaining what your article was about! I really liked how you stated that water then, in the older days was less expensive than now. I agree with you, why is it so that water back then was less expensive and now it has become such a big business? I assume that this is so because of all the bottled water. The bottles are probably thrown in the rivers and lakes and therefore pollute the water that we drink! This all sounds silly, but it is true. I hope we can put an end to this problem.
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-Rea
I agree! Its horrible that companies are basicly botteling up water with a few chemcials and then selling it for a profit. Its not fair that we have to pay for our natural resources that used to be free. Great job, you had a lot of interesting facts.
ReplyDeleteThis is horrible and will affect out world a lot. If so much water is used in soda and other drinks,this will contribute a lot to the amount we have left and the price we have to pay. It is unfair and unbelievable. Your current event was really interesting and taught me new things. Like, is Diet Coke really WORTH it?
ReplyDeleteGreat Job!