Las Vegas Running Out of Water Means Dimming Los Angeles Lights
…One thing Mulroy has ruled out, even in the economic meltdown, is using water as an excuse to limit Las Vegas’s growth.
“During the next 50 years, this country’s population is expected to explode by another 140 million,” she says, citing U.S. Census projections. “I always ask, ‘Where do you want the people to go?’”
Mulroy also opposes the idea of privatizing water, or giving investors power to set prices.
“You’d be telling people, ‘Pay me enough or I withhold it,’” she says, her voice rising, in the cafeteria of Clark County’s terra cotta-colored municipal headquarters. “It’s like you’re telling me I can live.” …
Bloomberg.com: Las Vegas Running Out of Water Means Dimming Los Angeles Lights
Sawickipedia: Wow does this public servant understand economics? Apparently not. Water and living wherever you want is not some god given right. If water is expensive in an area, then so be it. Price it rationally and OMG! it’s use will rationalize.
And yes we’re telling people exactly that - you can’t live in a friggin’ desert. If you want cheap water move to Seattle.
