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# Water is essential to life, but it's cheap because it's abundant. ...

*December 5, 2022 — Comment Gerry Bourdeau's photo*

Water is essential to life, but it's cheap because it's abundant.  Similarly, manual labor is essential to many industries (farming, food prep, etc), but it's cheap because many people can do it without training or skill/intelligence.