XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xxx@yyy.zzz   
      
   On 2022-12-10 14:16:05 +0000, The Real Bev said:   
      
   > Who cares?  It costs more to make your own than it does to buy it.   
   > Moreover, the CO2 leaks out and you depend on the honesty of the people   
   > who fill the CO2 canister.  Total waste.   
      
   I don't know where you get your math from, but it costs around twenty bucks   
   to fill a five pound carbon dioxide tank (it's about the same price for a   
   20 pound tank, paradoxically).   
      
   I got my tank for free from a beer keg that the kids never returned, and I   
   never pay for the five year and ten year inspection since I just refill it   
   until the date expires and then I get a brand new tank in trade in.   
      
   Five pounds is roughly around 2,250 grams of carbon dioxide, which would   
   fill over five 410 gram (14.5 ounces) sodastream canisters, at a cost for   
   carbon dioxide of around $4 or $5 per canister.   
      
   Each sodastream 14.5 ounce canister is said to fill 60 liters but in   
   reality everyone says it's only around 45 liters in practice so that's   
   around $4 or $5 for 45 liters of carbonated water if my math is right.   
      
   I don't know what dry ice costs for every 410 grams but that makes the   
   liquid carbon dioxide about 10 cents per liter if my math above is right.   
      
   How is that ten cents per liter for home carbonation more expensive to you?   
   Can you please show your math?   
      
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