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  • From: Andrew C.Oliver <acoliver AT buni.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Duke and UNC water astroturf fields
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:51:00 -0400


god i'd love to do away with the tradition of front lawns...my wife is the
problem...

Michael Czeiszperger wrote on 10/24/07 10:36 am

>
>On Oct 24, 2007, at 10:19
>AM, Tarus Balog wrote:
>>
>> Heh, water's free, right?
>
>We do pay for water, just
>not enough given that its
>becoming scarce.
>Say the local governments
>decide to follow your advice
>and charge
>enough to reduce
>consumption for most
>people, the side effect is
>that
>any price sufficient to make
>the average person conserve
>would mean
>that water would become
>much more expensive for
>the poor, and using
>water would be become a
>symbol of wealth, both with
>unintended
>consequences. Instead,
>we've taken the tact of
>making water
>relatively cheap, and are
>using voluntary bans, peer
>pressure, and
>minor penalties to restrict
>usage.
>
>It very well may be that
>your suggestion may work,
>but do we really
>want to make it so that a
>green lawn is a sign of
>wealth? Wouldn't
>that simply lead to people
>using even more water to
>show they can
>afford it?
>
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