Water and the logic of supply

Water! The very essence of life on Earth. So important is this resource that mankind has sent spacecraft to the Planet Mars just to locate water in order to determine the viability of life on that Planet also. For those who are under the impression that oil is the most important commodity on Earth, think again. We could live without oil even though it would create great difficulties. We absolutely cannot live without water. Period. This is a fact that seems to be overlooked by most people going about their daily routine.
For the most part, in developed nations like Canada, the United States and Europe our local governments are responsible for the safe and adequate delivery of drinking water to all of our homes and businesses.
It is important to note the fact that for some people, they are content to walk into a 7/11 or other grocery store and plunk down $1.50 for a litre of bottled drinking water. This is exactly the same product we get straight from our taps at home but the marketplace demands, and receives, $1.50 per litre when it is purchased through innovative marketing. Hell, if we paid this price for our drinking water at the house, our water bills would be more than $500.00 PER DAY!!!
Luckily for us we don't pay "Market Price" for drinking water, nor should we.
This same logic should apply equally for Electricity and Natural Gas. maybe we should include Oil in that mix also, given many, many third world nations don't pay "Market Price" for Oil.
That's my thoughts.
For what it's worth
The Smartest Man in Canada

United States Headed into the Abyss

The people of the United States of America have given up the only opportunity they may have had to save that once great nation. When they allowed John McCain to acquire the (presumptive) nomination for the Republicans and failed to make Ron Paul their nominee the writing was on the wall.
John McCain is Washington as usual. Same old lobbyists, same old behind the scenes advisers and the same old foreign policies that has brought destruction to the Armed Forces of the United States, both in monetary costs and human costs.
Hillary Clinton is nothing more than a megalomaniac. Say anything, do anything and pander to anybody just to gain power. No real solutions to any of the major problems faced by the average American just trying to put food on the table and a roof over their families heads.
Barack Obama? He needs to be very careful who he chooses for a running mate. We all know what happened to JFK and who benefited by that incident. Can you say Lyndon B. Johnson?
Besides, his tax and spend solutions are unaffordable. He does not see the imminent danger in his proposals.

No, the hour of your destruction is at hand, America. I shall watch with interest who scrambles free of this destruction.
For what it's worth.

The Smartest Man in Canada.