In countries like the US, oil is cheaper than water!
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>In countries like the US, oil is cheaper than water!
That is not true.
[According to EPA](https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/300065YY.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2000+Thru+2005&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C00thru05%5CTxt%5C00000008%5C300065YY.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL) the average tap water cost in the US is slightly over $2 per 1000 gallons.
The average US gasoline cost is $3.2 per gallon. So gasoline is over 1000x more expensive.
A barrel of oil is 42 gallons and crude oil cost in the US is on average close to $60. So we talks about a 700x the cost of tap water.
Bottle water can cost more than tap water. The cost of bottled water is one of bottling, transportation, marketing etc. The cost of the water itself is an insignificant part of the cost.
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