[quote=esmith]
What does my showering or using TP do for the state? Grass lawn is a necessity, it does not need to be justified. Besides we don’t live in a socialist country, it shouldn’t be up to the government to decide whether they should allocate more water to rice growers at the expense of my lawn. I will pay the market rate and they will pay the market rate, and if there’s not enough water, just raise the rate. The problem is, they are probably NOT paying the market rate, I don’t see how they could profitably grow rice (which basically has to be submerged in water for most of its growing period) if they were paying for water as much as I do.
BTW my grass lawn creates more oxygen than needed by my entire family. I could say that you’re breathing my oxygen :)[/quote]
Thank you, now you have answered my question.
(and considering the enormous amount of energy needed to pump that water from either the Colorado river, or from the Delta and over the grapevine, I doubt your grass is oxygen positive. Therefore, I think you are using MY oxygen. 😉 )
