Is Milk the Key to Affordable Water Purification?

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In summary, the Milk-Ban water purification system may seem outlandish at first, but it actually makes sense. By using the cheapest gallon of milk available, priced at $1.98, and waiting an hour, you can get purified water at a 75% discount compared to bottled water. This system eliminates the need to pay exorbitant prices for purified water and also reduces waste by using the entire gallon of milk.
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Guidelines: Come up with something that seems outlandish on the surface, but when you think about, it actually makes sense.

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Are you tired of paying $2 for a quart of purified water? That's $8 a gallon! After researching this phenomenon over the last decade, our scientists have uncovered a shocking secret: That's just way too much!

Introducing the Milk-Ban water purification system! Just add the cheapest gallon of milk you can find, about $1.98, and an hour later you'll be sipping refreshingly cool, clear, purified water, and for 75% less than you might pay for bottled water!
 
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That has got to be the biggest waste I have ever seen. Take a look at what it took to get that gallon of milk and what do we do? Throw away everything but the water. Why not just dump a gallon of tap water into it?
 

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