Michael Ejercito <mejercit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 7:03 pm, When Dogs Run Free <w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On May 9, 8:56 pm, Ian MacLure <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > > Michael Ejercito <mejer...@[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
>>
>> > > The amount of water in supermarkets is a tiny percentage of
>> > > the water used domestically.
>> > > If we are truly in a drought and supplies are that tight
>> > > why oh why are people still allowed to water their lawn,
>> > > wash down their driveway or sidewalk daily, wash their car
>> > > and do other such activities completely unchecked.
>> > Freedom.
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>> > > Some kinds of agriculture need to be questioned as well.
>> > > For instance why grow cotton which I understand is a fairly
>> > > thirsty species in the Central Valley? And rice? Rice
>> > > paddies aren't exactly great for water conservation either.
>> > > Bottled water is an irrelevancy.
>> > Freedom.
>>
>> > People should be able to buy all the water that they can afford.
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>> > And people should be able to ask whatever price for their water
>> > people are willing to pay.
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>> > Michael
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>> Sure.
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>> Water is a commodity, not a necessity.
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>> let them eat cake
> Bottled water is a commodity.
>
> And yet we only hear about shortages of water COMING FROM PIPES.
>
> People who sell bottled water want to make a profit.
>
> People who want to sell water coming out of pipes want to please the
> politicians, who want to please people that want to keep water prices
> down.
>
> Is it any wonder there are no shortages in the former but there are
> in the latter?
Bottled water is, in many cases, simply tap water.
Usually its quite palatable. Certainly here is Kalifornia
anyhoo.
Only place I ever felt like I might consider bottled water
was upstate NY, Binghamton to be exact. Got its water
from the Susquehanna River and when it got low in the summer
there was sometimes a faint hint of mud to it.
Bottom line is that bottled and tap water are not in the same
league economically.
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