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And kill everyone who can't afford it?

• silisili 5y ago
  Just make the first 3-4000 gallons at typical rates, and ramp the price way up over said threshold. Water companies already charge gallon prices by usage today, just not to any deterrent extent.
  • bliteben 5y ago
    This is how my water is priced in a place with over 80 inches a year.
    • silisili 5y ago
      80 inches of rain!?! Curious where that is! I lived in about 50ish inches and found that too much already.
• baggy_trough 5y ago
  What nonsense! Are you worried that rich people will buy all the food, or use all the gasoline?
  • uoaei 5y ago
    It seems you have misunderstood. This point is not about supply of water, it is about supply of dollars in a given wallet. Doesn't matter how much water is in supply: if someone cannot meet the price, they won't have access. Any time there is a minimum price on something, people who cannot afford that price won't receive that thing. When that thing is water, they will die. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
    • baggy_trough 5y ago
      We charge for water now. I'm not aware of any poor Californians dying of thirst due to cost. So I believe your hypothesis is wrong.
      • Lammy 5y ago
        > I'm not aware of any poor Californians dying of thirst due to cost. Lockary v. Kayfetz is a good place you can start: https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1121751/files/fulltext.pdf https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1121751/files/fulltext.pd... "With new construction halted and Bolinas's desirability unabated—or enhanced—after the moratorium, housing became pricier. In 1979, to create more affordable housing, the District allowed property owners to build second units on their property. Today [2007], property owners waiting for a chance to develop outnumber property owners with [water] meters, and homes can easily fetch $1 million."
        • baggy_trough 5y ago
          People in Bolinas are dying of thirst?
          • Lammy 5y ago
            You will find it difficult to quantify a dollar-value of the damage done to people who would like to live in a particular place but have been locked out due to artificial constraints on housing supply. That's why it's such an effective strategy.
            • baggy_trough 5y ago
              You appear to be responding to some comment other than my own.
      • uoaei 5y ago
        What hubris to expect that your tiny filter bubble can accurately reflect large-scale tendencies!
        • baggy_trough 5y ago
          If you know of anyone in California who has died of thirst because of water cost, please cite it.