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The Great Carbon Shortage of 2003
Carbon. One of the most plentiful elements in the universe. A basic building block of life. Available everywhere, all around you, inside you, in every breath of air.
Now in desperately short supply at a store near you.
At least, that's what I'm guessing is happening. Because the price of water filters has more than doubled in the past year. We installed a Pur faucet filter shortly after we moved in. Being a thrifty sort, I priced replacement filter packs at various local stores; the best price per filter came to about $7 each in a multi-pack.
We bought a multi-pack, and later had some trouble with the filters; Teri called Pur and they sent us some replacements, including a different kind of filter that worked a bit better. So we didn't have to shop for filters again until just about now.
I checked around at places like Wal-Mart (I'd really rather not shop there, but there isn't always a choice), and found that since the last time we'd gone filter-shopping the price had more than doubled. Fifteen dollars for one goddamned filter - and they don't even work that well! Brita and other filters all seem to be in the same price range, which is an awfully big coincidence unless these companies are cooperating (read "price-fixing"). The filters are primarily made of resin and activated carbon, so what exactly is the reason for this huge &^%#ing price increase?
Nobody can do without water, and with Sebastian in the house we have to make sure that ours is as pure as possible. Is this just a faint foreshadowing of the worldwide water privatization that Haliburton and other megacorporations are working towards?
Now in desperately short supply at a store near you.
At least, that's what I'm guessing is happening. Because the price of water filters has more than doubled in the past year. We installed a Pur faucet filter shortly after we moved in. Being a thrifty sort, I priced replacement filter packs at various local stores; the best price per filter came to about $7 each in a multi-pack.
We bought a multi-pack, and later had some trouble with the filters; Teri called Pur and they sent us some replacements, including a different kind of filter that worked a bit better. So we didn't have to shop for filters again until just about now.
I checked around at places like Wal-Mart (I'd really rather not shop there, but there isn't always a choice), and found that since the last time we'd gone filter-shopping the price had more than doubled. Fifteen dollars for one goddamned filter - and they don't even work that well! Brita and other filters all seem to be in the same price range, which is an awfully big coincidence unless these companies are cooperating (read "price-fixing"). The filters are primarily made of resin and activated carbon, so what exactly is the reason for this huge &^%#ing price increase?
Nobody can do without water, and with Sebastian in the house we have to make sure that ours is as pure as possible. Is this just a faint foreshadowing of the worldwide water privatization that Haliburton and other megacorporations are working towards?
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