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[Andrew C.Oliver <acoliver AT buni.org>]

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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