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> On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:33 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
> <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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]
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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
>
Not to mention the hazards of the crap that's in the plastics. see
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/publications.cfm?accountID=421&refID=102202
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