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Not all "groundwater use by cities is more economically productive than it's use by agriculture". People use hoses to wash cars and sidewalks. How about an auct
by emiliobumachar 8y ago
Not all "groundwater use by cities is more economically productive than it's use by agriculture". People use hoses to wash cars and sidewalks. How about an auction system, with a cash subsidy to allow the poor to buy enough for hydration and basic hygiene?
- Retric 8y agoNot really. Farms can't afford to pay municipal rates which people washing their cars do. If you look at the cost of a car wash paying even say 0.1 cent per gallon would make a minimal difference, but no farm could afford to pay 0.1 cent per gallon. Any system that forces farmers to compete with other users of water means the farmers lose.
- mattashii 8y agoYou can think of a system in which farms are just not built in places with potential water scarcity, but built to use renewable water sources for their plant growth. My point: If you build a company in a location which is unviable in the long term, should you be subsidized as to not move to a more viable location? I think such subsidies are unviable in any but the short term, and are counterproductive for every other party involved.
- emiliobumachar 8y agoVery good point. However, I still think an auction system would create less distortion than case-by-case measures to de-prioritize agriculture in allocation conflicts.