Then they have to spend millions of dollars to build huge oil rigs to extract the oil that then needs to be sent through a high-tech refining process. Sometimes they even need to deal with wacky Mideast countries such as Qatar, Oman and disputed zone. And according to Texaco commercials, they also need to hire loony scientists in funny hats to run around in the desert licking rocks. Yet with all that goes into the production of gasoline, a gallon of gas is still cheaper than a two-liter bottle of Pepsi that is made primarily by adding sugar and brown stuff to water. Economically, it makes no sense why gas is cheaper than pop, but what makes even less sense is that bottled water is more expensive than both of them combined.
Water costs nothing to produce.
It is just sitting around waiting to be taken by any yahoo with a bottle. But while people will whine about gas prices when they are over a dollar per gallon, they have no problem paying a buck or more for a 20 ounce bottle of spring water. I think this is some of our strongest evidence yet that people are stupid. I suppose I can understand purchasing bottled water if there is nothing else available and you really needed it because, say, your hair is on fire. But I can't figure out why people will spend their hard earned money on bottled water when there is a very tasty and very free drinking fountain in the same room.