When I was a child, the idea of buying water in a store was considered silly. Then along came Perrier. And the environmental movement, telling everyone about how nasty the Great Lakes were. That's about when I remember bottled water starting to be a thing. (Outside of camping and other emergency/oddball situations, that is, of course.)
As far as monetization of oxygen goes .... ah, they're pushing space travel, and are planning on letting tourists go to the ISS now. Guess what one of the hotel charges will be. See: The original 1980s version of Total Recall (the remake was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.)
When I was a child, the idea of buying water in a store was considered silly. Then along came Perrier. And the environmental movement, telling everyone about how nasty the Great Lakes were. That's about when I remember bottled water starting to be a thing. (Outside of camping and other emergency/oddball situations, that is, of course.)
As far as monetization of oxygen goes .... ah, they're pushing space travel, and are planning on letting tourists go to the ISS now. Guess what one of the hotel charges will be. See: The original 1980s version of Total Recall (the remake was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.)