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This is such a bad idea. a) $3 per month for a family in India is quite expensive. b) It adds artificial scarcity and dependency on the "water dealers". Soun

This is such a bad idea. a) $3 per month for a family in India is quite expensive. b) It adds artificial scarcity and dependency on the "water dealers". Sounds like Rango to me.

Game_Ender 15y ago
No one is forcing anyone to use this water. The villagers can either use the cleaner water, something which they had no way to get before, or continue to get water their old way. How is it a bad thing to provide a better product to someone for a price?
- pointyhat 15y ago
  It's not a "product". It's a survival essential. Everyone should be entitled to clean water, not at a price.
  - simon_weber 15y ago
    Sure, everyone needs water. But, "there's no such thing as a free lunch", and this seems to be a reasonable way to get water to people who need it right now. update, when I had a chance to look at some data: As for affordability, it seems 5% of monthly income is typically used as the threshold [1]. This would mean that someone would have to earn $2 dollars per day to have affordable water through this solution. You're right: for many below the poverty line in India, this does not meet the affordability standard [2]. However, I would argue that any way of increasing access is an improvement, simply judging by how available water currently is [3]. As was said earlier, you're not making people any poorer by giving them another option to attain water. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India#Tariffs.2C_cost_recovery_and_subsidies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India#Water_supply http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_...
    - pointyhat 15y ago
      But when you make the most profitable way the preferred way, you shift the power from the people to a controlling party, at which point, the price goes up to suit the "investors". It's an unfortunate part of human nature.
  - pointyhat 15y ago
    There are some seriously fucked up selfish capitalist bastards on this site who believe they are entitled to screw anyone for anything. It's disgusting.
ExpiredLink 15y ago
It's not just a bad idea. It's a cynical idea.

This is such a bad idea. a) $3 per month for a family in India is quite expensive. b) It adds artificial scarcity and dependency on the "water dealers". Sounds like Rango to me.

Game_Ender 15y ago

No one is forcing anyone to use this water. The villagers can either use the cleaner water, something which they had no way to get before, or continue to get water their old way. How is it a bad thing to provide a better product to someone for a price?

pointyhat 15y ago
It's not a "product". It's a survival essential. Everyone should be entitled to clean water, not at a price.
- simon_weber 15y ago
  Sure, everyone needs water. But, "there's no such thing as a free lunch", and this seems to be a reasonable way to get water to people who need it right now. update, when I had a chance to look at some data: As for affordability, it seems 5% of monthly income is typically used as the threshold [1]. This would mean that someone would have to earn $2 dollars per day to have affordable water through this solution. You're right: for many below the poverty line in India, this does not meet the affordability standard [2]. However, I would argue that any way of increasing access is an improvement, simply judging by how available water currently is [3]. As was said earlier, you're not making people any poorer by giving them another option to attain water. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India#Tariffs.2C_cost_recovery_and_subsidies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India#Water_supply http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_...
  - pointyhat 15y ago
    But when you make the most profitable way the preferred way, you shift the power from the people to a controlling party, at which point, the price goes up to suit the "investors". It's an unfortunate part of human nature.
- pointyhat 15y ago
  There are some seriously fucked up selfish capitalist bastards on this site who believe they are entitled to screw anyone for anything. It's disgusting.

ExpiredLink 15y ago

It's not just a bad idea. It's a cynical idea.