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If California had a proper market price for their water, they could alleviate this problem a lot easier than outright restrictions. People will be a lot more ca
by partiallypro 10y ago
If California had a proper market price for their water, they could alleviate this problem a lot easier than outright restrictions. People will be a lot more careful with their water usage if it's more expensive, that includes the big companies and farms that use the water, no one wants their margins cut into.
If people think that's regressive, give a discount to people in low income housing...but current water prices are mostly just subsidizing the rich and corporate farms. I would rather not subsidize anyone, but I'd rather subsidize the poor than have corporate welfare.
- maxerickson 10y agoMy initial assumption would be that market pricing would result in lower prices for utility customers.