On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:33 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
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>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:46 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
>> <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>"Michael Ejercito" <mejercit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
>
>
>That's a whole 'nother problem!
>
>Drinking just to drink is silly, but one should drink when thirsty.
>
Yup! The bottled water industry plants its own suggestions via
marketing having nothing to do with health. Rather, the industry looks
for increased sales.
DCI
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