On Wed, 7 May 2008 19:04:19 -0700 (PDT), Michael Ejercito
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>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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>> ><ne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> 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
The equation is rather simple: show the public that drinking brand X
water is "safer" than drinking tap water. Stick a fancy label on a
plastic bottle, fill it "purified" tap water, and sell it.
DCI
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