Not sure what to write about tonight so I will just tap away
until the muse wakes up and helps me with something interesting. It seems that
in the week we wee away in hamburg the weather has undergone a bit of a shift
an d has become quite cool and wet. Morning temperatures have been between 8 and
11 degrees.
Talking about water reminds me of a headline about NZ I saw
on stuff this morning. It was about the threat of water shortages again in Wellington
this coming summer. Why is it do you think that the powers that be always wait
until there is a crisis before encouraging people to conserve water. It was the
same here last summer. Now Britain is in the midst of the worst storm in 30
years which has caused flooding and even contributed to a couple of deaths. But
back to the water thing. I remember when
The Man and I lived in NZ’s Bay of Plenty. In The nearest city (about a 20
minute drive away) the local council changed the rules and installed water meters
in every household. OK it didn’t happen overnight, but after a relatively short
time the every house had a meter. So what happened next?
I’ll tell you. What happened was the people who were using the
water suddenly realised how much the precious liquid was costing them and
became very conservative in their use of it. That meant that the expected
income from the water usage dropped considerable, well it wold wouldn’t it if
folks took more care. So what did the council do then? They put the fee for
water up. Incentivising the population
even more. People bought special set ups to catch rain water from their roofs
to use to water the garden.
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