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Why aren't there MPG-like standards for farming, and if we had such standards, how much water would be saved? Maybe there are irrigation standards and I just do
by ece 4y ago
Why aren't there MPG-like standards for farming, and if we had such standards, how much water would be saved? Maybe there are irrigation standards and I just don't know.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoIf you charged for water and also let farmers sell excess there would be incentive to improve efficiency. But politically this is untenable.
- ece 4y agoI think a consumer standard (like farmed with x quantity of water) might work just as well, and it might be a way to get around the normal politics.
- deaddodo 4y agoThe aforementioned industries have pushed heavily for "water rights" under the guise of residential accessibility, artificially deflating their cost and forcing the population to subsidize their usage. That's like asking why does the government take federal tax dollars to subsidize corn fields in Nebraska despite massive surpluses? Because those businesses then use those profits to continue to lobby for those under the guise of "jobs" and commercial welfare.