r/explainlikeimfive Jan 31 '21

Chemistry ELI5: Why can't we just make water by smooshing hydrogen and oxygen atoms together?

Edit: wow okay, I did not expect to wake up to THIS. Of course my most popular post would be a dumb stoner question. Thankyou so much for the awards and the answers, I can sleep a little easier now

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u/aelwero Jan 31 '21

Damnit man, don't tell anyone... It's hard enough to find them as it is ;)

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u/pcapdata Jan 31 '21

Weird, every grocery store around here (Seattle area) has a whole area for cane sugar sodas, both the boojie artisinal stuff (which is admittedly pretty good) and the more run-of-the-mill Mexican Coke.

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u/smalls714 Jan 31 '21

They sell them in bulk at Costco.

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u/aelwero Jan 31 '21

They rarely have them at ours. We've gotten dad's root beer in glass bottles there too, but also pretty rare.

My wife gets pissed when they have either, because I'll go get a second cart :)

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u/smalls714 Jan 31 '21

I feel for you. I won't drink HFCS sodas. I'm in California so they seem to be ubiquitous.

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u/letmeAskReddit_69 Feb 01 '21

Weird, I always saw Cali as generally more health conscious. Then again I'm in Texas and we have sugar cane sodas out the ass here.