[mikeash]

My point is that bottled water prices vary enormously, because it's pretty much a pure convenience and branding product. Looking at the average is meaningless, and comparing it with oil is silly. Look at the price of the underlying commodity (water) and see what that costs.

[DanBC]

So when you said "cheaper than bottled water? No it's not" you didn't mean cheaper, nor bottled, nor water?

[mikeash]

I meant: "You can find some bottled water that's more expensive, sure, but you can find bottled water that's cheaper too."