…I’d like for "officials" and the editorialists over at the N&O to think back, back, back to a time when you were in highschool and they made you take economics. It was probably 11th grade or so. Now, remember those supply and demand curves? I know. You’re writers. Not economists. But just try to remember. Good, see whether that demand curve slopes down and hits the supply curve? Somewhere in there is an equilibrium point on which to base a price. How about that? Pretty simple huh? Okay, so you if you follow that little scheme you will conserve water. If you’re worried about it being "regressive" give every home a subsidized amount reasonable for a family of four to shower twice a day plus enough for coffee and icecubes, then price the rest relative to scarcity. It’s not rocket science. Let’s stop trying to make this a crazy conservationist enviromental issue and just use common sense economics.
-Max Borders
Jerimee says
So Republicans consider conservation to be “crazy?”
Don’t let me put words in your mouth; let us know what you really think.
Of course we ought to use economic thought to solve social problems, and you hinder this when you wield economics so heavy handedly to pursue partisan advantage.
Max says
I’m not the one threatening people with fines and not charging prices that reflect scarcity. I’m not the one suggesting we force businesses and homes to install this shower or that. Talk about heavy-handed. A market mechanism encourages conservation naturally. That’s what i’d call sane.
It’s cute, though, Jerimee, because you so rarely know what you’re talking about. And when it comes to partisan? Look at the little chicken calling the turkey “poultry”. (I’m a libertarian, btw.)