But the philosophical fountain from which we drink needs to be a deep one.
There are vast profits to be made by dodging the taxes payable on what we drink.
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Eating out is nice, yet it is an expensive way to obtain calories, especially the calories we drink.
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You help make sure that the air we breathe, the water we drink, the foods we eat are safe.
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As you would expect, we drink our own champagne and use our software to measure and drive our efforts.
With every breath we take, every drop of water we drink, we are dependent on the existence of Earth's living ocean.
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Pipelines and gas wells will inevitably leak or rupture, risking lives and fouling the environment where people live and further polluting the air we breathe and the water we drink.
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The answers are quite literally all around us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the places where we live, learn, work and play.
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"The water that we drink every day has been around for millions of years and circulated through who knows what -- dinosaurs, black bears and panthers, " said David Czamanske of the Sierra Club.
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"What one of the things that we as a global community have been slow to realize is that even in an industrialized economy will still demand very directly on the health of natural systems to provide the water we drink and to keep the climate stable, " Leape said.
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In the rich countries, the air that we breathe and the water we drink or swim in is cleaner now than in 1900 or 1950, and it is clear that, given the will, it can be made cleaner in poor (and now increasingly more polluted) countries as well.
That's how we've made possible scientific research that has led to medical breakthroughs like the vaccine for Hepatitis B, and technological wonders like GPS. That's how we have Social Security and a minimum wage, and laws to protect the food we eat and the water we drink and the air that we breathe.
But learning takes time and concentration, so now we get to claim peace and quiet as we drink wine and set up our mise en place, just like the guy on that cooking show and, if you think about it, just like our own fathers, back when they tinkered in the workshop or stopped by the corner pub on the way home.
The answer often determines whether we should drink a beer to relax or hop ourselves up on Red Bull, whether we take a long shower or stay late at the office.
And the concept of a daily safe amount may even encourage the idea that we should drink alcohol every day.
So with two bottles in hand, we continued to drink until another new friend approached.
Are we condemned to drink this electronic bacteria with each sip of real traffic?
We set the drink aside, covered it, and allowed it to get back to room temperature for an accurate hydrometer reading.
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"We eat, drink, laugh, dance in lightness of heart, " one woman reported.
For that saving of money, saving of resources, means that we can both drink and be merry and also have a slice of beefsteak or romano on our hamburger whatever the season.
We watched the drink become cloudy as the cold water reacted with the herbal oils -- a process known as "louching" -- then smelled the newly aromatic concoction again and finally, took a sip.
The implications of discovering evidence for fresh water are exciting for macro-organisms as well: Rover chief scientist John Grotzinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has speculated that we would have been able to drink that ancient water, had we been there some 2, 3, or 4 billion years ago to witness glorious Lake Gale.
"It's like team building - we hang out and drink coffee after the match".
We immediately strained the drink into a dry, room temperature glass and inserted a digital thermometer.
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