Babbitt and Gleick were both too extreme in their views, but the overall debate on infrastructure, property rights, human rights, pricing and climate change covers a lot of stuff that we've seen here (check out the tags on the right sidebar for more).
Here's a good bottom line:
Babbitt said he had a foolproof solution to whet America’s appetite.
“Pricing,” he said. “I rest my case.”
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Good news! Spokane will be raising its rates from 85 cents per 100 CF to $1.35! Bad news, they're dropping my position because this solves the problem. I should have kept my big mouth shut.
Liked this too:
"If water were truly a private commodity — there were markets for it — ecosystems would be, pardon the technical term, screwed," [Gleick] said.
Screwing the environment isn't just a passive by-product of ag and industry any longer, it's a "technical" undertaking. To do it right, companies and people really need to try...
Yes, I'm being facetious here. I just like how "screwed" is a technical term in water studies now. I think I'll have to use that more in my own posts, no matter how serious and detailed.
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