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rulemylife -> RE: The conservative outrage continues (7/25/2010 3:07:41 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
I don't see conserving our resources as the central issue here...
If effective resource management requires conservation, then reducing consumption is reasonable and necessary. But this can be accomplished either by assessing increasingly severe penalties for excessive usage or by limiting usage absolutely. Then it's up to me (or you) whether to take a luxurious shower or, say, wash the car. A problem only arises when the government seeks to intrude itself into the private lives of its citizens by making those decisions for them. Too, it bears considering that staying in the shower for half an hour with a regular showerhead is just as wasteful as a scrub under a luxury model. So what's next, showerheads with government-mandated timers? I mean c'mon. Is there no line where government control over our private lives ends?
I don't disagree with conserving our resources, just with this way of doing it.
K.
Myself, I don't think that government should be mandating something like this.
I hate the low flow shower heads and have either replaced them or removed the restrictors in my bathrooms.
That wasn't really the point of the thread though.
It was why this administration keeps getting taken to task about these types of issues when there are more pressing concerns.
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