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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by whoknowswhat11 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:40AM (#27938741)
If you use 3,200 per bath you should be in jail. That is seriously a ridiculous waste of water per bath.

That’s years worth of baths for most people - average cost per bath at 0.25 cents per gallon would be 7 cents.

Realize farmers use water measured in ACRE feet

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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by nightfly on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:33AM (#27939274)
They misread 0.25 cents as $0.25 or 25¢
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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday July 24, 2021 @07:49AM (#27940104)
An unfortunate reality is that a lot of signage also makes this mistake and advertises things like "0.25 cents per gallon" with the intent to mean 25¢/gallon. The poster's confusion is understandable.
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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by bbarnett on Saturday July 24, 2021 @08:15AM (#27940245)
https://consumerist.com/2010/02/23/verizon-didnt-know-differ...
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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by whoknowswhat11 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:26AM (#27941191)
Ahh - that helps
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