Summer is coming, and a quick rant.

So, summer is creeping up on us. I am excited about that. I can't wait to head up to whistler and ride the bike park again!

Also, The Hip Show (www.thehipshow.ca) is also pretty much all pollished and ready for regular gigs. We have about 35 songs down right now, and the show is coming together great. We have a showcase tonight at the Fairview Pub in Vancouver.

I need to vent:

I am sometimes frustrated at media reports about "bottled water" being bad for the environment. This mostly stems from gung ho polititians who try to promote their image by bashing or banning bottled water from civic and municipal offices. Like, I don't get it. The argument stems from the waste that small plastic bottles produce when they are not recycled, i guess. To me, it's a recycling issue, not an bottled water issue. People need to be encouraged to recycle their plastic bottles. There is already a bottle deposit on the bottles to encourage recycling, which is great. Maybe it needs to be higher, I don't know. But discouraging people from drinking "bottled water" is just ludicris.

I also don't understand why it's targeted only at "water bottles". I mean, what about coke and pepsi and pop bottles? Do they not also need to be recycled? Of all beverages that are sold in single serving bottles, drinking water should above all be encouraged rather than discouraged. So keep coke and pepsi in the coolers, but remove all water. Yeah, smart.

Also, I honestly think the only reason water bottles are targeted, is because they FLOAT. If they sank to the bottom of the ocean like every other plastic garbage out there, people wouldn't think there was a problem. Yeah, plastic is an issue, but what about slurpy cups? frappaccino cups? starbucks cups? These are all disposable plastic cups, that don't get targeted. There aren't even any incentives for people to recycle those like there is on water and beverage bottles, yet nobody ever talks about those cups, and I think it's because they sink to the bottom on the lakes and oceans where nobody can see them and freak out. At least plastic bottles float where they can be recoved and recycled! It just looks bad to see them on the beaches.

I also wonder why media reports refer to "bottled water" when its really single serving bottles that are the issue, if there was one. The large bottles that we sell, are the BEST alternative to small bottles or any other drinking beverage, because the bottles are delivered and PICKED UP, and refilled, and redelivered. NONE of these bottles ever make it to the landfills or garbage. EVER. Occasionally, a bottle will develop a crack, and it will need to be destroyed, but even in this case, the bottle is shredded and recycled. But these bottles are also "bottled water" but these are THE MOST environmentally sound alternative for consumers to choose drink clean healthy beverages.

Anyways, my 2 cents.

Dave.