On May 7, 10:35 am, ne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:33 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
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> <cr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ><ne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >news:vro324h37jkijaov9tt9oqr01b0q11aqdn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:46 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
> >> <cr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>"Michael Ejercito" <mejer...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>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.
>
> 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
Who would have thought that the bottled water industry would make
suggestions to increase its own sales?
Michael
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