Get out of that shower, NOW

[LDB]

The bigger picture is control, our loss and the government's gain. We are steadily moving toward the land of the formerly free, especially with closet dictators like we have now.

 

[cheri1122]

How about if Big Brother wants to install cameras in the showers to see who is wasting water? Is that OK with you?

I live near Chicago, here we get lake water. It is metered, and I understand there are restrictions on lawn watering and so on... but showers? Nope. Besides, as Turtle pointed out, it makes no difference how long a shower I take here, it won't help or hurt California even a little bit. Southern California is desert country-- always has been. Modern irrigation is the only thing making the place livable. Northern California is dependent on Pacific weather for rain--- nothing I do here in the Western 'Burbs of Chicago can affect weather there.

As I read the second article, the only role "Big Brother" has here is funding [to the tune of $15K - peanuts!] a device to measure the usage of water in hotels. After that, it's up to the free market to decide whether it's useful or not - and I'm guessing hotels will be torn between saving on the water bills and alienating customers, so they'll install the devices, then pull them when guests complain.