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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] farmers selling water
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:04:18 -0700


On Jan 26, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Rob wrote:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080125/D8UD540G1.html

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - With water becoming increasingly precious in
California, a rising number of farmers figure they can make more
money by selling their water than by actually growing something.

Water has become a commodity traded on the market. Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have been selling their water allotments to cities for quite awhile. Some of them also buy water. Nothing inherently wrong with the practice until the source of the water and the means of moving it and how that is and was financed are considered.

American entrepreneurs may one day devise a way to sell air. Air quality is tradable. Think carbon offsets.





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