Nestle are one of the super corporations that are at the forefront of absolute fuckery in the world. The CEO is on record as saying:
“Where I have an issue is that the 98.5% of the water we are using, which is for everything else, is not a human right and because we treat it as one, we are using it in an irresponsible manner, although it is the most precious resource we have. Why? Because we don’t want to give any value to this water. And we know very well that if something doesn’t have a value, it’s human behaviour that we use it in an irresponsible manner.
“If you look back to when I was born, there were 2.7 billion people and we were not even using 40% of the renewable water, but by seven billion we are already over-using it and if we are going to be up to 10 billion [people], we have to change our relationship with this resource.”
This is the dystopian future we face. Boycott Nestle!
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yellowcsays...My water bill tells me it does in fact have a price already, go figure.
kymbosYeah, $0.01 per litre.
aimpointsays...Hes not wrong about the price of water, just wrong about the profit of it.
As far as I've seen living in the Los Angeles area, water conservation is hardly something noticed. Driving up from southern to northern California, there are signs along the I-5 of farmers complaining about the "Congress created dustbowl" implying water gouging that has to be blamed on a person or group. In reality, there's only so much water to go around and more people are around than 20 years ago. The culture here is pretty wasteful compared to other places in the world. Been to Australia once long ago, the most amazing thing I remember was the half flush toilets. It was symbolic of their much higher water conservation standards.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43521258/ns/us_news-environment/t/calif-dust-bowl-real-danger-or-mirage/#.Ucgof5yIfJc
Old but the signs are still up last time I drove
poolcleanerIt's not that I'm against a system that helps the people and protects us from the laws of the jungle via social contract... but what we have in place is broken and continually feeds our cynicism. People don't care any more. (By design?)
I was at a local park the other day -- yeah, I like going outside and not sitting at a computer/television all the fucking time -- and there was a park made in 1976, on America's bicentennial, with a mini lake and river that cycled in water. Lots of animals around: chickens, rabbits, ducks, assorted smaller birds.
And the water, well, it was absolutely littered with plastic bags and water bottles. Fuck my life it was sad and disgusting...
It didn't make me hate all humans, just most of the humans in charge. If they're even human.
DarkenRahlsays...You're not living up to your name, sir.
It's not that I'm against a system that helps the people and protects us from the laws of the jungle via social contract... but what we have in place is broken and continually feeds our cynicism. People don't care any more. (By design?)
I was at a local park the other day -- yeah, I like going outside and not sitting at a computer/television all the fucking time -- and there was a park made in 1976, on America's bicentennial, with a mini lake and river that cycled in water. Lots of animals around: chickens, rabbits, ducks, assorted smaller birds.
And the water, well, it was absolutely littered with plastic bags and water bottles. Fuck my life it was sad and disgusting...
It didn't make me hate all humans, just most of the humans in charge. If they're even human.
chingalera"stylish, higher-income women"
(*strippers or wives of cocksuckers)
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