On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:46 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
<crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Michael Ejercito" <mejercit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Has anyone ever wondered why California faces a shortage of water
>> coming out of the pipes, but NOT of water sold in bottles in the
>> supermarket? Have any of you wondered why cities are placing
>> restrictions on the use of water coming out of pipes, but not on water
>> that comes in a bottle?
>>
>
>Water coming out of the pipe costs a few pennies per gallon, water in
>bottles costs several dollars per gallon. The cost of bottled water is
its
>own regulatory force.
>
>Having said that, the plastic bottles are coming under serious scrutiny
by
>many cities. San Francisco no longer sells/provides bottled water in city
>facilities -- break rooms and vending machines.
>
>
>
>> The fact is, farmers in California's semi-arid Central Valley are
>> having their water subsidized. Prices deter consumption, and the lower
>> the price, the less deterrence there is, which means more consumption.
>> Thus, rice and cotton, which require plenty of water, are grown for a
>> profit in the Central Valley.
>>
>
>Are you suggesting they water crops with Evian? That's absurd.
>
>
>
>> By contrast, supermarket shelves are stocked with plenty of bottled
>> water because supermarkets do not subsidize customers. They charge the
>> price that they will believe maximizes profit, and thus this acts as a
>> deterrent to consumption. So there is less wasting of bottled water;
>> few people use bottled water to water their lawns.
>>
>> And the reason water subsidies will continue is because the people in
>> charge of water supplies in California want to maximize the farm vote,
>> so they set as low a price as possible, even though this leads to
>> waste. By contrast, sellers of bottled water want to maximize profit,
>> so they set the price as high as possible, even though this leads to
>> conservation.
>
>
>Wow. That is truly amazing.
>
>You completely ignore the fact that many consumers perceive tap water as
>lower in quality and containing a host of contaminants. I personally do
not
>share their paranoia, but I do buy bottled water because I do not buy
soda
>pop.
>
>I buy bottled water a bottle at a time, but I know people that buy it by
the
>case. Bottled water is extremely convenient and people that consume it do
so
>out of this convenience and/or out of the perception that it is cleaner.
>
>
Add all this stuff to recdommendations by doctors (general
practitioners): too many people are drinking too much water
for their own good. Over-hydration can do much damage to
the body's organs.
DCI
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