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Then raise the price of water. I don't get a Nobel Prize for this. It really just earns me a Captain Obvious sticker. In the short term, your food will be more
by freeopinion 4y ago
Then raise the price of water. I don't get a Nobel Prize for this. It really just earns me a Captain Obvious sticker.
In the short term, your food will be more expensive. In the long term, people will invest in water-reduced production. Want to see fintech and crypto currency startups at YC get replaced by VF (vertical farming) startups claiming to reduce water use by 80%? Just raise the price of water by 1¢/liter. VFVC (vertical farming venture capital) will be all the rage.
- rootusrootus 4y agoYou're assuming farmers are paying for water the same way residential consumers do. "Just raise the price of water" doesn't work without first reforming a lot of law.
- ausbah 4y agoI think the recent bouts of inflation show that people don't take large price hikes kindly
- JaimeThompson 4y agoIn a country where major companies get governments to fund their factories while they spend billions on stock buybacks that is unlikely to be allowed to happen.
- ericmay 4y agoWell that's it. Pack it up. There's no solution as long as government can be bought by companies.