. >> at fae janke single bottle of fiji or some bottled water which i may not ever drank again, but fromd be using up to 2,000 times more energy than if i just walked over to my sink and filled up? >> that is true. >> i see, okay. that is really astonishing and the studies cited in the gao report also describes the transporting these bottles can be the single biggest cost. according to the study transportation energy costs could be as high as 50% of the total energy costs for spring water bottled in france, transported overseas by cargo ship and transported by rail to the eastern united states into los angeles. >> that is correct. >> the report also has some findings related, for example you concluded most plastic bottles are discarded wedded then recycle? >> we estimate 25%. 75% are discarded. >> so, ms. houlihan how do we get there? why did consumers pay so much, 100 times more for bottled water that takes thousands of times more energy to produce? >> we heard some of the-- and i think a lot of people are under a misperception that bottled water must be safer than tap water. a lot of p