If people moved there would be reason to save water and then I would be doing it
See, there is already a lot of stuff to worry about in life. If you can act on a hypothetical problem, why not redirect your effort to an actual one for some real world benefits?
Should I be insulating my house to save energy even if I lived in a warm country? See, this sound ridiculous but so is saving water when there is no benefit from it.
Should I be insulating my house to save energy even if I lived in a warm country? See, this sound ridiculous
I'll bite - it doesn't sound ridiculous because it is highly likely that there is going to be power hungry air conditioning equipment in use. I think it's an example of an unfortunate phenomenon where if you deviate from the accepted cargo cult practices you run the risk of missing some detail and making things worse, at which point you get the blame, but conversely you don't get the credit for doing things better than average. In fact it's likely there is a peanut gallery just waiting for you to make a mistake so they can punish you for being a renegade.
Where would that line be though? Would you never consider reducing your water usage by a liter per day until there was literally someone near to you that was dying of thirst who you could directly give the liter of water to?
Comments
If people moved there would be reason to save water and then I would be doing it
See, there is already a lot of stuff to worry about in life. If you can act on a hypothetical problem, why not redirect your effort to an actual one for some real world benefits?
Should I be insulating my house to save energy even if I lived in a warm country? See, this sound ridiculous but so is saving water when there is no benefit from it.
I'll bite - it doesn't sound ridiculous because it is highly likely that there is going to be power hungry air conditioning equipment in use. I think it's an example of an unfortunate phenomenon where if you deviate from the accepted cargo cult practices you run the risk of missing some detail and making things worse, at which point you get the blame, but conversely you don't get the credit for doing things better than average. In fact it's likely there is a peanut gallery just waiting for you to make a mistake so they can punish you for being a renegade.
Sorry, I just can't parse your argument.
Some places have no need for heating or cooling. Like my rental in Santa Barbara.
Where would that line be though? Would you never consider reducing your water usage by a liter per day until there was literally someone near to you that was dying of thirst who you could directly give the liter of water to?