Memphis
Christie
English
102-048
Dr.
Carreiro
Homework
#1: Tap Water Articles
28
January 2013
In Praise of Tap Water
Article: The Structure of Argument
1.
Consuming water is important to
maintaining health and therefore it is encouraged that we drink plenty of it
but it is just as important to preserve our planets health. So why not stop
wasting four billion gallons of water a year in individual-sized bottles and
turn on the tap which has the same nutrients at not only a fraction of the cost
but a fraction of the damage.
2.
Cost: you are spending 1,400 annually on
bottled water, it takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to make per year
equivalent to fueling 100,000 cars, only 23% of these bottles are recycled,
there is a substantial amount of fuel in transporting water, this country has
some of the best water supplies in the world.
3.
“The real change, though, will come when
millions of ordinary consumers realize that they can save money, and save the
planet, by turning in their water bottles and turning on the tap.”
4.
Bottled water is safer. Refute: The
chances of your water being hazardous is tremendously smaller than the risk it
is taking on our planet.
Bottled water is more convenient on the
go. Refute: You can spend 1.00 on a reusable drinking container which can limit
all the unrecycled water bottles.
5.
Paragraph fives purpose is to state what
is currently being done for the cause so that the reader understands just how
important the cause is and be more motivated to see that something needs to be
done.
Poland Spring Water
1.
Water bottles are killing our
environment because they are too often tossed and not reused or recycled.
2.
Smaller label means less paper used in
advertisement equaling less paper wastes.
3.
Less plastic equals more for the
environment so it cuts down on environmental harm
4.
Easy to carry, tap often involves open
ended cups and so forth which is a big hassle on the go
5.
Flexible and easy to recycle which
ensures that more bottles will be recycled than previous designs.
Pure Water 2Go
1.
Summarize the argument:
Filtered
bottles are just as convenient as water bottles yet you can use them with tap
water saving thousands in comparison to the amount spent on water bottles
yearly. It also means less waste as they are reusable whereas water bottles
typically are 1 time use. Imagine all the plastic that would be saved if we
used water filters and not water bottles. This image shows a clear example of
what we could stop subjecting our planet to with one simple switch.
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