Here’s the reading for Tuesday:
Answer question #1 from the reading below as a comment. Make sure your comment reflects your deep understanding of the reading, as well as your understanding of what demand is, and what kind of good water really is.
Due before class, Tuesday, March 15th, 2011.
My neighbors, or even my household, only need enough water to drink, to cook with, and enough to bathe and flush the toilet with. If my family were to be paying my neighbors water bill, we would probably say you only need as much as we use, because we don’t want to be paying more for them than we are ourselves. There is a demand for water since everyone in the world needs it to survive. Also, if people were to start watching how many gallons of water they used per month, they may feel self-conscious about it, and try to use less.
After reading the article, i think our neighbor “needs” depend on how much water they use daily. We use water for a lot of things like cooking, washing our hands, taking showers, etc. But when it comes down to how much water do they really need depends on how they run their house hold. I would answer the same because I’m sure we spend about the same, and my house probably spends more because we have a bigger family and a pool. So i wouldn’t mind paying a lower water bill.
The amount of water your neighbor “needs” is just enough to give him/her and their family the necessities: to be able to shower, brush their teeth, cook with water, using it for drinking, etcetera. Even if I had to pay for their water, I would still say that’s enough water. You may want to have a nice-looking, green, lush yard, but you really don’t need it. People don’t realize that water is, in a way, a limited supply. Yes, there’s a water cycle in which water goes around in a circle, but that’s the only water we have on Earth. It’s not like trees where you can keep planting seeds to grow more. Water is always in demand because we use it every day for various reasons. We couldn’t function without it, and using it to make our yards pretty just seems like a waste.
My neighbor probably needs twice as much water as I do because there are twice the amount of people living there. His demand is twice as high as mine because there are more people who need to use the water.
If I had to pay my neighbor’s water bill, my answer would be different. I would think that he needs to use as much water as me or even less because I’m paying for it. The cost of the water is the same for both of us because both of our waters are treated. Water is in very high demand and in a lot of places there is either a scarcity or shortage of water.
My neighbor really doesn’t need as much water as they use. You do need quite a bit because many things people do on a normal basis need water in some way. Like flushing a toilet, doing laundry, cooking a meal, and many more things. My neighbor really only “needs” the bare minimum amount to live efficiently, but they still use a lot more than that. My answer would still be the same if I had to pay for their water bill. Demand is high for water, considering we all use it all day long for various purposes. So the price is relatively not that large. With a low price, people use more of the water. That is why people use way more than they “need”.
How much water your neighbor pretty much based off of two things, both of which depend on the other. One of these being their daily activities and the bare essential requirements they have for water, and the other being the price of water. The lower the price of water, the higher the demand of it. So, technically if your neighbor only needs an average amount of water, and the price is low, than that person will use as much water as they want and not worry because the cost is lower. However, if the price is higher, than this person will be more aware of how much water they are wasting and adjust their needs to fit the lower demand they have for water. The answer is not the same if I am paying for the neighbor’s water bill because for two reasons. One is that if I am paying, then price is no longer an issue for the neighbor. Their demand for water will increase as price decreases, as the law of demand states. However, if I am paying for it, I would make sure that they are not exceeding a reasonable amount of water because since my price has increased, my demand has decreased and I won’t be using an excessive amount of water or be willing to pay for such an excessive amount, but the neighbor’s amount of water that they need will be much greater than when they had to pay for it.
My neighbor needs only as much water to satisfy his necessities. The fact of the matter is, different people have different necessities. I would think that since the water problem in the world is getting worse, that people would really stop and think about what they are using their water on and see if they can reduce it. Studies show that if the price of federal water was increased, it would lead to more efficient and less wasteful use of water. Yes my answer would be the same if I payed my neighbors water bill because I would want him to use as little water as possible so that his bill would be less money.
I think for some people, the water bill can be either the same or be different. The reason why I say it would be different is because there could be more people in a house and more water is needed to be ran for showers, cleaning clothes, and doing the dishes. But if you have the same amount of people as the neighbor, the water bill should or could be possibly the same. Another reason it might be different is the demand for water. More people might need water for more things that are needed than less people wh don’t need it for anything.
I think my neighbor needs as much water as I would. Paying for my neighbors bill also would of course be more expensive, but my answer would not change. Water is important and necessary for things like health and hygiene. Should my neighbor be taking hour long showers everyday? Absolutely not. But enough water use to stay clean is good. Also, flushing the toilet is an obvious necessity but without flushing ten times in a row just because. Water is needed for a lot of things, from drinking to cleaning clothes. A person does “need” a good amount of water, but don’t go overboard.
I think your neighbor needs enough water to keep his hygiene up, like taking baths and showers and washing hands, and for consumption, like drinking and for making food. Well if I had to pay I would want them to use like nothing because I would want as much money as possible, but obviously that won’t work
My neighbors would need to shower or take a bath, use the restroom, wash their hands, drink it if they do that, they would need water for food. they would need a lot of water if they are showering everyday and they cooked home-cooked meals everyday and you have to use the bathroom and wash your hands everyday so the demand is high for water. No my answer is not the same as my neighbors because i have a family of four and they inly have two people living at their house so they would need less water then me.
I think there are many factors that go into the amount of water my neighbor needs. My neighbor may have their own garden, or they might water their grass, or even have a pool they have to fill up during the spring/summer months. But if I were paying their water bill, I would cut out the need to fill the swimming pool, and grass, but keep the amount needed for everyday things like drinking it, or bathing, and also the garden if I could have some of what the produce.
My neighbor only needs enough water for the basics. These include: bathing, toilets, drinking, cleaning, and watering the yard. Their demand for water is probably higher in their house because I’m not paying for it. It’s easier to just rack things up and keep adding different uses to the list. If I was paying the demand for water in my house would be different. I would want all of that water for use, but being the fact that I don’t have that much money, a lot of the water would just be a want. Not all of it, but taking 45 min showers would deffinately bea want instead of a need, along with watering the grass everyday in the summer and use as much water as I want to clean.
Water is a neee to some extent, but up until recently we also used it as a limitless want. Now we realize that water does have a limit on it and we need to put a price on it, which would effect it’s demand. My neighbor “needs” enough water to drink, bathe, and any other house operations that it is involved in. But, the drinking water could just be from the tap, and does not need to also be bought in the form of a 20-pack of plastic water bottles per week. Also, most people take showers for much longer and at much higher temperatures than needed, which ups the amount that I would not want to pay for on their bill. Basically, if i was paying the bill I’d tell them to only use the bare minimum of water needed to survive, to help lower cost and save the amount of water in the world.
I think my neighbor needs water for his lawn, for hygiene and of course to drink and cook with, just the basic necessities for functioning day to day. However if I was paying my neighbor’s bill I would probably cut down on the use of water for my lawn if there were to be a shortage and maybe cut the time for my shower down too.
How much money your neighbor water bill will be base on two things. Supply and demand, also depends on how much your neighbor is willing to pay. If your neighbor pays for it them their bill would be low, because they are probaly just gonna use the water they only need. If i was paying the bill you would see an increase in the bill. Since they are not paying it they will use water care free.
Before reading this article, i felt like water was unlimited, but this kind of made me realize i guess it’s not! I would think my neighbors would need a lot of water, and they wouldn’t think about the wasted amount because it’s just water. It’s something that takes up 2/3 of our planet, so they’d probably use it whenever. If i was paying the bill, i’d say they would have to be more concientious of their water usage. If water prices are increasing because the supply of it is going down, then they would not be as wasteful. They would think twice about taking that extra long shower, or washing the dishes with the water running the whole time!
My neighbor should be able to use as much water as he can afford to pay for. The trouble is that government projects made the water available at tax payers expense. So my neighbor is not paying the full price for the water he is using. The solution may be metered pricing which is when you pay the full price of water for the excess amount that you use.
How much water my neighbor “needs” depends on many things. It depends on how many people live in my neighbor’s house, what activities they participate in daily, and sometimes it even depends on religious beliefs. In my opinion, I believe most people consume more water than what they actually need because they can afford it. But if they start to spend more water then usual than their bill will be higher and their demand for the water will decrease. My answer is not the same for when I would have to pay my neighbor’s bill because they would not have any restrictions on how much water to consume. Since they are not paying the bill, it does not matter to them how little or how much water the use; even if they use more wanted then what’s needed.
I don’t believe this is a set number for how much someone “needs” water. We all have a different amount of how much water we need depending on how long we brush our teeth, take showers, how much water we drink, how much water we use to make other foods, how many loads of clothes we have to wash, etc. If I had to pay my neighbors bill though, I don’t believe I would have the same answer. I would probably regulate my neighbors water usage to a respectable number that I feel is okay. I would have to limit his water usage time because when the money is coming out of my pocket I want to make sure that I have control over it. I wouldn’t want a ridiculous amount of money being spent on water.
My neighborhood “needs” enough water for the essentials. Enough to shower regularly so they don’t smell, enough for indoor plumbing, and enough for drinking water if necessary. My answer is the same if I had to pay my neighbors water bill, because not only is water an essential part of life, but water bills aren’t very expensive.
One solution could be what the article said about conservation. This could lower the price immensely. But the problem with that is not everybody will conserve. And the idea of borrowing water from other countries means we’ll owe them money putting us in bigger debt. A possible solution is to raise the price of water then less people would buy. Overall people should conserve.
Demand is when you want something that you dont necesarilly need. The Law of Demand states that when the price decreases the demand increases and when the price increases the demand decreases. Since they are paying for there are going to be restrictions on how much water they use based on how much they are willing to pay. If they are not paying for it then their demand for it will increase because their prices decreased.
honestly, people need to start using less water. I know its a neccistity but were using it faster then nature can provide it for us. If we could use just enough were we can survive.
If I were to say how much my neighbor “needs” without having to pay it, I would account for things such as watering plants, drinking, showers, washing hands, and cooking. This would slightly change if I were paying for it, because I could cut out waste by doing things such as shortening showers, letting rain water plants, and not leaving water on. This relates to the article because I can say any amount when not paying based on quantity, but when faced with a price, my opinion would change.