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How an economist might look at it: tax the hell out of living in the desert. Los Angeles, Los Vegas, and other locales are in a desert. Living there is not su
by tomohawk 4y ago
How an economist might look at it: tax the hell out of living in the desert. Los Angeles, Los Vegas, and other locales are in a desert. Living there is not sustainable. Look at how California has already been terraformed to supply water to Los Angeles. Enough already.
- gpapilion 4y agoCalifornia was terraformed to support logging and mining operations. Now it supports agriculture with a much smaller percentage supporting cities.
- booi 4y agoAs long as property values increase faster than the desert tax, this might not work
- thehappypm 4y agoThis isn’t realllly right. Urban water usage isn’t really crazy. Take a shower or flush a toilet and the water has just moved and become something to clean. Agriculture is the problem. Arizona shows us that cities can be very water lean.
- onionisafruit 4y agoUrban areas require nearby agriculture to sustain it. Agricultural water usage is urban water usage because urban life requires that agriculture to happen.
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- thehappypm 4y agoNot really.. most of what states like California grow is exported far and wide.
- volkl48 4y agoNot at all. Most of CA's agriculture is distributed nationally (or internationally), not growing staple foods for local consumption.
- ncmncm 4y agoCould be water lean if pools and lawns were banned, anyway. And golf courses. But every attempt to control water use in Vegas is a political death sentence. It has to be imposed on Nevada cities from outside.
- acdha 4y agoWouldn’t an economist just tax the water to encourage using less?
- pzone 4y agoHow an economist might look at it: simply put a fair market price on water instead of giving it away to farmers by-right for next to nothing.