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04-05-2015, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by M Paquette
Welcome to the Internet. Please note that the California governor did NOT issue a new edict on long showers. He DID issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency, Executive Order B-29-15.
http://gov.ca.gov/docs/4.1.15_Executive_Order.pdf
It's not nearly as fun or exciting to be outraged about as the BreitBart Report, though.
It's an emergency order under Sections 8567 and 8571 of the California Government Code to bypass the normal (very slow) procedures of various state agencies and telling them to Get On With It in implementing the cutbacks ordered last year.
The governor has previously directed the State Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory water reductions in cities and towns across California to reduce water usage by 25 percent compared to calendar year 2013.
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In the link's video, at about 27 sec mark, Governor Moonbeam in his own words says it effects how long people stay in their shower....... directive has force of law...... at around 51 sec says people can be fined five hundred dollars a day..... Maybe he did not read his own directive?
Edit Add: Perhaps I should not get wound up about a politician's on video statements v what they signed off.
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04-05-2015, 07:32 PM
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#103
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Originally Posted by ArkTinkerer
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Wow! Not an actual fact to be found in that article. Usually when you read the comments on a blog, the followers are "ditto'ing" all over the place. The comments after this article are mostly calling BS on him. Quite surprising considering his is "internet's No. 1 natural health news website".
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04-05-2015, 07:44 PM
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#104
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Originally Posted by ArkTinkerer
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Just to be sure there is no confusion, grey water reuse and rain water collection are two entirely different animals.
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04-05-2015, 08:21 PM
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Note that Ca has still not completed installing water meters in homes. Until recently they had flat rates, in 2014 it was about 250k homes. The cities have until 2025 to install them, although I suspect the rate will speed up. It was noted that without water meters folks used 39% more water. (Also of course no way to monitor water usage, and a water meter is also a way to detect leaks).
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04-05-2015, 08:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ls99
In the link's video, at about 27 sec mark, Governor Moonbeam in his own words says it effects how long people stay in their shower....... directive has force of law...... at around 51 sec says people can be fined five hundred dollars a day..... Maybe he did not read his own directive?
Edit Add: Perhaps I should not get wound up about a politician's on video statements v what they signed off.
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I am shocked, SHOCKED to hear that water use may affect water usage.
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04-05-2015, 08:52 PM
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#107
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I saw the interview with the governor.... and he did say that long showers were outlawed (not sure of the exact words, but that was the gist)....
I also remember the person doing the interview (do not remember her name) said that 80% of water usage in Cali was by farmers who make up 2% of the state GDP.... seems like an easy way to fix the problem... change the water rules... make the farmers pay a market rate.... why subsidize the farmers
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04-05-2015, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas Proud
I saw the interview with the governor.... and he did say that long showers were outlawed (not sure of the exact words, but that was the gist)....
I also remember the person doing the interview (do not remember her name) said that 80% of water usage in Cali was by farmers who make up 2% of the state GDP.... seems like an easy way to fix the problem... change the water rules... make the farmers pay a market rate.... why subsidize the farmers
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Or, make everybody pay a market rate. Talk about an easy fix.
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04-06-2015, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by harley
Or, make everybody pay a market rate. Talk about an easy fix.
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But then SOMEBODY has to give up SOMETHING. Everyone just wants it all, and they want it now!
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04-06-2015, 06:16 AM
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California supplies about 80-90% of the fruits and nuts consumed in the US. 70% of the almond growers are small farmers. Paying market rates will put the small farmers out of business. And what are you going to eat? Probably good reasons to subsidize the farmers. What's more important? Food and people's livelihoods or green lawns and fountains?
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04-06-2015, 09:24 AM
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#111
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastWest Gal
California supplies about 80-90% of the fruits and nuts consumed in the US. 70% of the almond growers are small farmers. Paying market rates will put the small farmers out of business. And what are you going to eat? Probably good reasons to subsidize the farmers. What's more important? Food and people's livelihoods or green lawns and fountains?
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They were saying that the nuts take a lot more water to grow than other crops.... so yes, if they cannot grow them without paying market rates for their water they should go out of business.... this is a back door subsidy that cost other taxpayers....
And if water was at market rates, I bet that there would be fewer green lawns... you can price water on a scale... say $20 per 1,000 for the first 20K... $30 for the next 10, $50 for the next, $100 for the next.... so once you get past 60K or so the water is getting expensive... if you are really rich, you have a green lawn but you pay for it...
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04-06-2015, 09:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastWest Gal
California supplies about 80-90% of the fruits and nuts consumed in the US. 70% of the almond growers are small farmers. Paying market rates will put the small farmers out of business. And what are you going to eat? Probably good reasons to subsidize the farmers. What's more important? Food and people's livelihoods or green lawns and fountains?
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It's entirely possible for consumers to live without almonds. The same jobs and liveleyhood argument is frequently applied to coal use and mining, and if taken to heart, hurts the rest of us to help the few. Cal almond farmers need to figure out how to conserve, or transition to small water budget crops.
I realize almonds are tremendously profitable, and the problem is not trivial.
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04-06-2015, 09:29 AM
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#113
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Perhaps a phase-in of higher rates for agricultural use would be less disruptive.
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04-06-2015, 09:37 AM
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Price is one way to allocate a resource, but it tends to work better in those situations where consumers and producers alike have options and both enjoy relatively similar ability to influence the marketplace. Water does not fit these criteria very well.
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04-06-2015, 08:28 PM
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I apologize for killing this thread. I am curious what your reactions are to my post.
Yes, I have a personal interest here. 10 days ago I walked on the land I now partially own, my family purchased 120 years ago, which supported my family until my dad and his sisters sought other sources of income. The orchard allowed my aunt to survive, given she went bankrupt due and had SS income of <$8000/yr and the farm income was greater than that.
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04-06-2015, 08:38 PM
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#116
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Quote:
Originally Posted by meierlde
Note that Ca has still not completed installing water meters in homes. Until recently they had flat rates, in 2014 it was about 250k homes. The cities have until 2025 to install them, although I suspect the rate will speed up. It was noted that without water meters folks used 39% more water. (Also of course no way to monitor water usage, and a water meter is also a way to detect leaks).
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I was surprised to learn this, so searched the Web for more info. Indeed, there are still some towns in CA where water meters still have not been installed. Amazing!
What was also surprising to me was that in cities where meters got installed, water consumption dropped only 10%. I would expect a lot more. So, it was good that people did not waste water as much as I would assume, when it was "all you can eat".
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04-06-2015, 08:44 PM
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We lived in southern California during the drought of the 1980s and were on rationing for quite a while. I remember calculating the flow out of all my lawn sprinkler heads and reducing the flow in some to optimize the systems. We cut water use in 1/2 doing that one exercise.
That's where most of the water is going as everything is being watered and in a drought, even more so.
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04-06-2015, 08:50 PM
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#118
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Originally Posted by EastWest Gal
I apologize for killing this thread. I am curious what your reactions are to my post.
Yes, I have a personal interest here. 10 days ago I walked on the land I now partially own, my family purchased 120 years ago, which supported my family until my dad and his sisters sought other sources of income. The orchard allowed my aunt to survive, given she went bankrupt due and had SS income of <$8000/yr and the farm income was greater than that.
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I think that over time things change.... a subsidy that was established 100 or so years ago just does not make sense today... small farmers just have to either adjust or go out of business.... look at all the small businesses that Walmart and other like them have destroyed... heck, it is hard to find a grocery store that is not owned by a big corporation...
So, I am sorry that the land cannot support you or your family any more... but why should that create a liability for all taxpayers
At my old job my boss' parents owned a farm... gvmt paid his dad not to farm... dad died... mom never intended to farm, but kept being paid not to farm for over 30 years.... I was always surprised at how son kept talking down gvmt payments and how high his taxes were when his mom was getting a pretty large check for doing nothing...
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04-06-2015, 08:56 PM
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I guess it's a good thing that our in-progress master bath bathroom remodel includes a diverter from the shower and bathtub upstairs to a grey water system. And while the remodel is in progress, I'm using our outdoor beach shower - which is already greywater and waters our camelias, bouganvilla, and lemon trees. The new system will water our (currently brown) lawn. And our planned laundry greywater system (planned for next year) will water our other fruit trees and the hedges and groundcover in our front yard.
When we had our last drought the water department was doing information meetings at large employers - including my former employer. One of the statistics was that 70% of the tap water in SoCal went to irrigation and pools. I was shocked... what a waste of pottable water.
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04-06-2015, 09:06 PM
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We had a long and severe drought in Texas two years ago. Half the state areas that had trees burned to the ground. Lots of cattle and pig farmers went bust as did crop farmers. We were on rationing in Houston (known as a great swamp). We survived. California will too.
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