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> On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:46 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
> <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>"Michael Ejercito" <mejercit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>news:dbb6abf1-c9c0-45b5-b44d-44caa6d8139b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> 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
That's a whole 'nother problem!
Drinking just to drink is silly, but one should drink when thirsty.
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