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My comment was in reply to the self-built renewable bit at the very end. In terms of water, I also think that water is severely underpriced for a scarce resour
by whimsicalism 4mo ago
My comment was in reply to the self-built renewable bit at the very end.
In terms of water, I also think that water is severely underpriced for a scarce resource.
- danaris 4mo agoThe problem with trying to price it is that literally everyone needs it to live. Access to clean drinking water is, and must be, a human right. We need to find a way to limit its use for profit, while still allowing actual humans who need it to get as much of it as they need.
- whimsicalism 4mo agoUltimately 'profit' is the result of transitive dependencies on things people want fulfill what they are willing to pay for. But I agree that we should subsidize residential water and electricity usage. But the base price before subsidy should reflect the externalities.
- HDThoreaun 4mo agoGeorgists have figured this out long ago. To make a regressive tax progressive all you need to do is turn the revenue gained from it into a flat per capita tax rebate. Also residential water use is tiny. Maybe your water bill goes up $400 a year but that doesnt matter when you get a $1000 rebate because most of the tax is paid by agriculture.
- goda90 4mo agoPricing water properly includes figuring out how much someone is drawing directly from wells on private property.