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Posted on June 30, 2010 by Daniel

Bottled Oil Spill Water – The Perfect Souvenir

Just because the BP Oil Spill hasn’t made its way to your state doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the black water that’s sweeping across the gulf. Thanks to the good folks at OilSpillWater.com, you can now purchase a sealed, glass bottle of oil and water to serve as a souvenir and reminder of one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters.

If you can’t tell by now that the site (and our description of it) is rather tongue-in-cheek, you need only read the barely-visible print at the bottom of the site’s home page: “Oil Spill Water is a novelty gift that is included with your donation.”

Jeffrey and David Shiffman, according to a piece from NBC Miami, are selling these bottles for $9.99. Half of that will go to support Reef Relief, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the International Bird Research Center. Where does the other five bucks go? To cover costs, apparently.

Personally, I think this is a great way to build awareness and raise funds for some organizations that seem to be doing good things in the gulf. I’m a little curious why it takes five dollars to mix an ounce of oil with an ounce of water.

More serious collectors looking for a genuine sample of water from the gulf should look elsewhere, as these bottles contain used motor oil mixed with real ocean water. The two brothers were initially shipping oil taken from the gulf, but that got expensive. By simulating their own bottled oil spill water, they are cutting costs in hopes of passing more of the donations on to the three organizations.

We don’t think the fact that the oil spill water is fake will deter many people from buying it. After all, people continue to buy bottled water from exotic springs and streams, even when 40% of bottled water is nothing more than well-marketed tap water. At least this bottled water is drawing attention to an environmental problem, rather than creating one.

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Posted in Green Living/Environmental Concerns Tagged bottled oil spill water, bottled oil water, BP oil spill, oil spill water, oilspillwater.com 1 Comment

   

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  1. general washington says

    June 30, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    it’s sick…

    profiting on the backs of a disaster..

    not even REAL oil or water from the gulf…

    its a couple of eyedroppers full of motor-oil from a $2.99 bottle bought from the local WalMart in a vial of sea-water taken from the Atlantic ocean..

    every new disaster, these roaches come out from everywhere trying to make a buck..

    what has the world come to

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