Comments on: Water: a public or private resource? http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/01/04/water-a-public-or-private-resource/ The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, eco news and green info to the next wave of smart consumers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike@EcoSalon http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/01/04/water-a-public-or-private-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-182013 Mike@EcoSalon Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:06:37 +0000 http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=6336#comment-182013 Water legislation would also open the floodgates (as it were) for struggles over the rights of even more intangible resources, such as clean air... But regarding water, I think you're right in saying it's the public vs. private ownership that's a key issue. Should companies who produce for a profit (eg. cotton farmers) be allowed to use water that would be allocated for drinking - even if they pay enormous amounts of money to do so? Is that ethical? Water legislation would also open the floodgates (as it were) for struggles over the rights of even more intangible resources, such as clean air…

But regarding water, I think you’re right in saying it’s the public vs. private ownership that’s a key issue. Should companies who produce for a profit (eg. cotton farmers) be allowed to use water that would be allocated for drinking – even if they pay enormous amounts of money to do so? Is that ethical?

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