Disappointing but not surprising
Popular Mechanics discusses the water problem in California, "one of the biggest water crises this nation has ever seen". In particular, it relates six "prescient" proposals to deal with the crisis from a task force that studied the issue.
Not one of those six proposals includes allowing the frickin' price to rise. See, for example, this.
I'd like to know at what price solar powered desalination becomes worthwhile
Posted by: Luis Enrique | October 28, 2009 at 08:05 AM
Reminds me of the story told in this TED talk right at the beginning. One day there will be "Nelsons" in California too.
Really drives home the point that the lines between the 1st and 3rd world are blurring to the point of being a pointless distinction.
Posted by: Brock | October 28, 2009 at 08:53 AM
Apparently my html tags aren't allowed ...
This TED Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_romer.html
Posted by: Brock | October 28, 2009 at 08:53 AM
What? actually utilize the laws of supply and demand? How Barbaric!
Posted by: kyle8 | October 28, 2009 at 06:26 PM
And of course that plan to build two new dams will only take a hundred years or so to work its way through the legal forest raised by the 'environmentalists'.
Posted by: JorgXMcKie | October 28, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Great post. When I'm president I'll appoint you supply-and-demand czar.
Posted by: MichaelGreenspan | October 30, 2009 at 03:46 PM