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[+] -15 points 10 months ago* (10 children)

An asshole to whom exactly? A landlord?

Also this is a shower thought. What's with this moral crusade?

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  • [–] 37 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Think of it this way; 70% of the planet is water. Of that water only 2.5% is fresh water, 68% of that is held in glaciers. About 1% of the fresh water on earth is liquid.

    That 1% is the absolute maximum quantity of what's used for drinking, and the steps between ground/reservoir water and the tap in your home involve MASSIVE quantities of electricity and effort to make it so it won't kill you.

    What you're suggesting doing is turning the tap on and sending that fresh drinkable water right back into the sewer to generate a miniscule amount of power, since the average tap pressure at 1 bar means you'll be making sub 100W of power, hardly enough to power the big light in your kitchen if it's got more than two incandescent bulbs or spotlights, let alone a kettle or a microwave.

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    What aren't you understanding? The water is free to them

    By this definition, let me guess, you also think the fine folks over at Nestle are assholes too?

    Tap for spoilerIf we ever do make it to the riots stage, I hope we can all agree Nestle goes first.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You are the one who isn't understanding but yeah, fuck Nestle!

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Lol I understand it perfectly, I was joking

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Depends. If you're in a metropolitan city modern condo, there's a good chance water is provided for all by the condo corp. The condo corp pays the city and adjusts the yearly budgets accordingly, which are then used to determine condo fees. So indirectly every resident pays for the water.

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