Too bad the same reasoning isn’t applied to ethanol ... According to the CARB ethanol produces 2x or more CO2 that regular gasoline does.
If you price water fairly at a market price instead of subsidizing some and punishing others with water prices, then the actual price of the water will be included in the price of the item. You won't then be trying to force deserts to bloom with cheap water and then complaining that too many people are trying to grow lawns in the desert.
More absurd feel-good faux-conservation.
My favorite example of faux-conservation is the toilets in the airport terminal in Portland, Oregon (PDX). They spent millions to install 2-way valves on the toilet flush mechanism so that users could choose whether to flush just a little or a lot.
Yet, Portland is located in one of the wettest regions of the country, and the Columbia River flows wide, deep and fast just 200 yards away.
Why bother saving water there? Who could use the water if it didn’t go down the toilet?
Gee, and from space it looks like we live on a WATER PLANET.
Let me know when 2/3 of earth looks like a Desert. Call me. I’ll wait.
When are they going to come out with a study that shows how much energy it takes to ship products that could be sold with an “add water” instruction at the end user? Fruit juice, all non carbonated drinks, shampoo, detergent, etc..
Use the finished product size container and just fill up to top and “shake vigrously”. Lazy housewives are costing us a fortune. The “shake vigrously” would also help in weight control and tone up flabby arms.
Sounds like a good project for EPA. If I was a Professor bet I could get a few hundred thousand for a study.
Hasn’t it been said that the 21st century will see massive wars in the mideast over water diversion?