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Why not tax agricultural use, and dwelling use of water above its zoned capacity at the cost to desalinate? I’ll gladly pay that premium for my Californian lett
by Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
Why not tax agricultural use, and dwelling use of water above its zoned capacity at the cost to desalinate? I’ll gladly pay that premium for my Californian lettuce while the farms pack up shop and move somewhere sustainable and less expensive.
- throwaway894345 5y agoSeems like that would leave farmers left holding the bag for California's decades of mismanagement. If you subsidize the farmers then this system would work, but I suspect there are simpler ways to achieve the same ends. Notably, I don't think there will be enough people willing to pay the premium for California lettuce to make up for loss of volume, and I can't imagine California farmers packing up and moving across the country (it's particularly cruel to require them to uproot from their families, communities, etc). Seems like it would be better to pay them to farm a crop that is less water intensive or something.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoProblems created by mismanagement tend to have solutions that are hard to swallow. The sooner we swallow the pill the better off we’ll all be.