[chii]

> Imagine if drinking water was treated as a speculative asset, with large percentages of a countries water supply being stored in tanks

then you'd see people not waste any water at all, and fix any pipe leakage, and conserve water, and use water efficient agriculture methods etc.

The price of a commodity determines how much and how easily it is available. The fact that water is so liquid (both in terms of the price, as well as being an actual liquid) is because of the high amount of investments made into obtaining it over the past centuries. Liquidity of any asset (or commodity) is a good feature to have imho.

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You'd also have people die of thirst, just like the homelessness problem in expensive cities in the US right now.