The Drought Has Left Me Speechless

I really don't know what to say about the story "Fake turf watered as supplies dry up." The Drudge-friendly headline pretty well sums up the story "69 Days of Water Left -- and They're Watering Fake Turf for Sports Practice!"

I could incorporate this into my general case against sports. But this seems to be only tangentially related.

I could give the typical libertarian economist answer that the water should be privatized, or at the least the government should price the resource properly. I could tie in the annoying flashing electronic signs in Fairfax telling me to "Remember to Conserve Water!" I could mention that no private company has asked me to stop purchasing a product from them. But the public choice economist in me cautions against those sorts of cheap remarks.

I could mock the coach's claim that she's "as green as anybody" because "I drive a hybrid, and I recycle." If humanity were to, by some idiotic central-planning scheme, completely run out of fresh water, global warming and landfills would be the least of our concerns. But that's just too obvious.

Alas, I can't think of anything to say in terms of a positive recommendation to improve the situation. The rules of the game have been set up and everyone is playing by them ("The universities are not breaking any rules"). There are winners, and there are losers. Whatever is, must be efficient. I'm sure it all emerged from social interaction somehow. And we should all just deal with it.