[throwaway894345]

I agree. But the idea of asking tens or hundreds of thousands to give up their frivolities so a single corporation can profit strikes a nerve in me, however irrational it may be. I'm not reflexively anti-corporation--corporations are economically necessary--but I guess I'm touchy about the question of whether people exist for corporations or corporations for people.

[ryan93]

They can keep their lawn. She’s should just have to pay more money since the water has more valuable uses elsewhere

[8note]

Itel can also move somewhere else. It's bad coming into a community and telling everyone their water costs more now because you want a lot of it.

If anything, Intel should pay them to get rid of their lawn

[ryan93]

The article didnt say water prices are increasing. They get most of their water from recycling what they use. Regardless filling a pot of water for pasta would go from a fraction of a penny to a fraction of a penny even if intel increased their water use ten fold