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Every now and then, I come across an idea or a product that makes being all virtuous and green so easy and painless that you feel like you've cheated. A perfect example is the Amazing Penguin Water Carbonator. Seriously, this is the most incredible gadget I’ve bought since. . .oh, the iPod. Except that everyone and his brother has an iPod, maybe two, and the iPod doesn’t have the added advantage of making you feel marvelously Greener-Than-Thou.
I'm serious, this gadget may be the single most valuable thing you can do for the environment. At least, that you can do in less than 15 minutes. Let me explain.It started with a blurb I read on Ideal Bite, the punchy, snarky daily email newsletter that gives fun, easy tips for green living. (Subscribe immediately if you don’t get it.) The Biters urged me to buy only local bottled water, if I just couldn’t stomach tap, as shipping Pellegrino from Italy or Perrier from France to San Francisco burned more carbon than Dick Cheney could in a month of Sundays. One of their suggestions was to carbonate your own water. And they offered a link to The Amazing Penguin. Having transferred my susceptibility for late night infomercials (yes, I own Ginsu knives) to email offers, I immediately clicked and read. The money-back guarantee hooked me, as it always does, and within weeks I was a new Penguin owner.
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