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by dmazin 2y ago
“HumanProgress.org is a project of the Cato Institute“
- petard 2y agoGood catch. From their website "Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations."
- 082349872349872 2y ago"Absurdly Cheap" compared with what? They give desal cost (not final price!) as USD 0,75 / m3. USD 250 / acre-foot for delivered water in the San Joaquin Valley is USD 0,20 / m3. So I'll grant them "cheap", but at more than 3x, defo not "absurdly" so. https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/News/Files/FINAL-12-14-2023---The-Economy-of-the-State-Water-Project.pdf https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/News/File...
- shmeeed 2y agoAbsurdly cheap to a billionaire who's never given AF about ordinary, let alone poor, people.
- trilbyglens 2y agoThis is still about 1/3 the price of city water is lots of the EU. People make less than half that of Americans and people manage. People will just use less damned water, which is a good thing. It _should_ be stupidly expensive to keep your yard green in Tx in the summer. Americans are living with artificially low prices for so many things.