<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for As reservoirs fall, water prices should rise]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by PurpleOzone http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:07:39 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/1 California Water Cheaper

than most of the country.

That is why plans were made a couple of year ago to put 50,000 herd cows for milking in California! (Cows require lots of water for milking.)

This give California a competitive price edge over New England or Wisconsin, which usually have abundant, but fairly priced, water.

I don't know if the California dairies (cows confined to barns always) were put into operation.

P.S. The federal government subsidies CA water. Stupid policy and politics.

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than most of the country.

That is why plans were made a couple of year ago to put 50,000 herd cows for milking in California! (Cows require lots of water for milking.)

This give California a competitive price edge over New England or Wisconsin, which usually have abundant, but fairly priced, water.

I don't know if the California dairies (cows confined to barns always) were put into operation.

P.S. The federal government subsidies CA water. Stupid policy and politics.

]]> Comment #2 by biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:16:02 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/2 Makes sense to me

Water rates should rise and fall with supply.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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Water rates should rise and fall with supply.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #3 by Grosvenor http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:38:55 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Pay-up/3 It ain't drought - its permanent

Drought implies that the meteorological and agricultural conditions that exist in places like California's Central Valley are temporary (maybe months, maybe years) and that there will be a return to "business as usual" when the drought stops. With climate change, maybe the drought like conditions many regions around the world are experiencing is permanent - it is the drought that should be considered "business as usual". Policies like the ones suggested in this article should therefore be permanent ones, not temporary ones that people only have to put up with until the drought finishes.

www.sustainablelivingtips.net

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Drought implies that the meteorological and agricultural conditions that exist in places like California's Central Valley are temporary (maybe months, maybe years) and that there will be a return to "business as usual" when the drought stops. With climate change, maybe the drought like conditions many regions around the world are experiencing is permanent - it is the drought that should be considered "business as usual". Policies like the ones suggested in this article should therefore be permanent ones, not temporary ones that people only have to put up with until the drought finishes.

www.sustainablelivingtips.net

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