Comments on: How Happy is the Economy? http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/06/how-happy-is-the-economy/ Global Perspectives for an American Audience Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:20:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin Hall http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/06/how-happy-is-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-5581 Colin Hall Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:22:27 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=18787#comment-5581 I have always thought that bottled water sales would be a good measure of the national economy. In the UK there is no need to buy bottled water at all. Our tap water is clean and tastes good, in fact many of our towns still have natural spring water fountains. So the purchasing of bottled spring water is certainly something that would change if the population was feeling that they have to cut down on luxuries. On the 14 April 2008, the Daily Mail reported that sales of bottled water had fallen by 9%. They directly attributed this to an increase in environmental awareness of people. However, at this time we were yet to discover how drastic a downturn was ahead of us. I'm always shocked by our press and their inability to see the obvious. Especially when they are stating that more restaurants are now providing tap water with meals and no longer pushing sales of the more expensive bottles. I have always thought that bottled water sales would be a good measure of the national economy. In the UK there is no need to buy bottled water at all. Our tap water is clean and tastes good, in fact many of our towns still have natural spring water fountains. So the purchasing of bottled spring water is certainly something that would change if the population was feeling that they have to cut down on luxuries.

On the 14 April 2008, the Daily Mail reported that sales of bottled water had fallen by 9%. They directly attributed this to an increase in environmental awareness of people. However, at this time we were yet to discover how drastic a downturn was ahead of us.

I’m always shocked by our press and their inability to see the obvious. Especially when they are stating that more restaurants are now providing tap water with meals and no longer pushing sales of the more expensive bottles.

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