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Small risks may seem more risky than large risks under certain circumstances.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the reason cities buy water rights from farmers? Is this a good or a poor way to address the problems?
 
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Answer to Question 1

That is correct; people routinely underestimate the risk of driving themselves, for
example.

Answer to Question 2

Agriculture uses the lion's share of water. It is also wasteful in its water use. In
addition, agricultural water is heavily subsidized by the federal dam-building programs of
the past. In earlier days, the typical recipient was a family farm, while today mechanized
agriculture is reaping these subsidies.
Water used to drink or clean is not wasted and is almost always cleaned in treatment plants
before being released back to streams and rivers. Agriculture can make up the water by
using what water remains more efficiently or not produce as much as the case may be, but
the use by cities will be more efficient no matter what.



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