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Sure, I know there are entire continents where the water is unsafe to drink; my point is about the developed world where we largely solved the problem and then
by 3chelon 8y ago
Sure, I know there are entire continents where the water is unsafe to drink; my point is about the developed world where we largely solved the problem and then unsolved it again. Your point about removing drinking fountains is a case in point.
- petermcneeley 8y agoYa its all part of a larger discussion about the disappearance of the Public Good. Capitalism replacing common utility.
- 3chelon 8y agoI'm all for capitalism. But punitive taxation can be used very effectively to reign in unbridled capitalism. Taxing plastic production, and properly rewarding recycling or reuse schemes would be have a pretty big impact to the bottom lines of some companies and I think we'd be amazed by how quick they solved the problem.
- petermcneeley 8y agoYa but the problem isnt in the bottles. The problem is that there is a perfectly good existing way to deliver water to peoples homes already. Its just not very profitable. The bottle water companies created a market where none was needed. You could punish them via taxing bottles but I dont know that that is where the problem really is...
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