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pantalaimon 7 months ago

The water is cheap and plentiful, what's wasteful is heating the water and throwing that away.

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bagels 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

If you live in Minnesota, sure. Not as true in Australia.

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bayindirh 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

The maps, surveys and projections say otherwise, but of course you're free to believe what you believe.

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TeMPOraL 7 months ago | parent [-]

That's the thing, dollars are usually a better indicator, unless something somewhere is burning money to prevent prices from reflecting real scarcity.

	▲	bayindirh 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		We're drinking one of the cheapest drinking water in the world, but this doesn't change the reality of sinkholes appearing where we deplete the water in our country. So, the prices might not be rising that quickly for now, but sinkholes are giving us the warning. Prices don't always point correctly, esp. when there are other economic and socioeconomic factors at play.