[Scoundreller]

> Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer asked residents to immediately stop watering their lawns, washing their cars and using pressure washers. Landscape irrigation consumes about 40% of the water provided by OUC.

Isn’t this like asking people to get vaccinated?

[boublepop]

Yes, and by asking people to get vaccinated more than 50% of the population did it.

Lets not start pretending that fascism is the only viable path simply because they are the only ones who achieve 100% compliance through killing everyone who steps out of line.

[chrisseaton]

He doesn't necessarily have the legal authority to require anyone to reduce their water usage without additional legislation, so he's doing what he can do and asking. That seems like a rational thing for him to do in my mind. Do you not think so?

[Scoundreller]

They can’t change the price of water if supply gets cut?

[chrisseaton]

Isn't that another case of asking people to reduce rather than requiring it?