http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/borders_charge_full_cost_for_water Comments for "Borders: Charge full cost for water" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/borders_charge_full_cost_for_water <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Max Borders says North Carolina cities should charge residents the full cost of water.</p><p>In <a href="http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2008/02/dome-dry-idea-n.html">response</a> to a Dome <a href="/under_the_dome/dry_idea_no_4">post</a> earlier this morning, the libertarian blogger points out that Seattle and several other Western cities uses full-cost pricing to discourage overconsumption.</p><blockquote><p>Seriously, why is there almost a universal hostility to charging people for what they consume? If you&#39;re worried about poor people having water to flush, brush and make Kool-Aid, then charge full cost after X units. But to keep rich people from watering 40 acres and corporations from freeriding off the population, charge people based on scarcity.</p></blockquote><p>Borders says full-cost pricing would turn people into &quot;creative conservationists.&quot; </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/borders_charge_full_cost_for_water#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/borders_charge_full_cost_for_water#comment drought Max Borders Under the Dome Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:19:27 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 4787 at http://projects.newsobserver.com