I got rid of my car about a year ago and I got fed up of carrying bottles of the shit back from Tesco so just switched to water. I wasn't even drinking the sugar stuff. Made me think about the whole drinks industry a little.
They were a tyranny in our house too! I bought a Sodastream, HobbyBrew CO₂ cannister and an adapter to join the two together. For the cost of like 30 bottles of Diet Coke I now have cheap fizzy water and the kids can add squash to it.
Yeah the CO2 bottles and exchange is expensive as hell. It's apparently cost effective if you use a commercial one but the outlay is pretty high. Not worth it either way IMHO. I just put up with flat shit.
