1ltr Fiji= 26 Ltrs Water + 1 Kg Oil + 1lb Co2

I always thought that it seemed very cost-ineffective to market water from Fiji. I figured it must be coming as ballast in ships that are taking goods to Fiji. I mean Fiji can’t have much in the way of exports…right?
BTW, I didn’t RTFA.

That’s kind of slanted information. The ships that are exporting are going to be running anyways. The majority of containers leaving Fiji, Hawaii, Tonga, etc.are all leaving empty. Simply because Fiji doesn’t have much for export. A lot more goes in than comes out.
I still agree that it’s not very cost effective (especially when you filter your own water like Chad).
I just question the factors behind the numbers and how unbiased the science can be coming from a website called “treehugger” can really be.

There are so many things wrong with the calculations on this. First of all he said the bottles were made in China and shipped to Fiji. The bottles are actually made there in Fiji and are made of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) which is recyclable. The amount of water that goes into making a PET type bottle according to this is 26 liters for a single liter this is also incorrect. Water used in PET manufacturing process is recycled in a closed system and only loses a small amount to evaporation. The assumption about how much water is used to produce electricity is also incorrect. According to the Fiji Electricity Authority the majority of electricity generated in Fiji is created at the Nadarivatu hydro electric plants as well as at the Butoni wind farms. Neither of these have more than a nominal usage of “wasted water” as inferred by the article. Also the carbon emissions are off because they too assumed the wrong type of electricity production.

In a nut shell this whole article is complete “bunk” because no actual research was done. Only assumptions.