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The government guilt trips consumers because they are the ones who can change their behaviour immediately. You can stop watering your lawn but a farmer can't st
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
The government guilt trips consumers because they are the ones who can change their behaviour immediately. You can stop watering your lawn but a farmer can't stop watering his crops.
But the reality is that consumers barely make a dent in water use. Hell you can even recycle/reuse the water used in a carwash for instance.
- TazeTSchnitzel 5y agoWhy can't “a farmer stop watering his crops”? For example, choosing to grow less crops, or water them less?
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoThat farmer then goes out of business.
- username90 5y agoAnd gets a new job, like everyone else. If your work doesn't benefit society then why even do it?
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoTheir work does benefit society, though.
- username90 5y agoDepleting the aquifers doesn't benefit society. The minor value gained from exports doesn't weigh up that. Of course we need farmers, but we don't need farmers who do that.