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My browser shows me a 2 page article with numbers pulled out of thin air. Btw 620 and 340 is very far apart. One drink uses 68 l of water for packaging and the
by a_imho 11y ago
My browser shows me a 2 page article with numbers pulled out of thin air.
Btw 620 and 340 is very far apart. One drink uses 68 l of water for packaging and the other 124 l? I am skeptical.
- ThomPete 11y agoSoftdrinks are only one tiny part of number of products which uses water heavily. Add almonds, microchips, mining, recycling and I frankly don't understand what exactly it is you are skeptical about.
- a_imho 11y agoSorry, I was not clear. I'm skeptical about any of the numbers being accurate. After all it is anecdotal and I think it is too general and not grasps the problem well when your precision is 340-620. No more information than some soft drink production uses twice as much water.
- PepeGomez 11y agoAlmonds? Almonds are probably the most drought resistant plant grown for human consumption, it can grow almost anywhere without irrigation. In fact, too much moisture kills its roots.
- ThomPete 11y agohttp://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-califo...
- PepeGomez 11y agoIt's much less than other crops and the description says it's assuming irrigation is the only source of water, that's not usually the case. It's probably not the case with almonds at all, unless you aim for rotten roots. It's a desert tree.
- ThomPete 11y agoYou should tell that to California last summer who ended up with that exact problem.
- PepeGomez 11y agoWhat problem?
- ThomPete 11y agohttp://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article57432423.html http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drough...
- PepeGomez 11y agoThat's nonsense. It's native to the Middle East, from the Levant to Pakistan. I see no good reason why growing it should be problematic in California. They either use it as an excuse to get more water for other crops, or they're doing something very wrong, though I have no idea what it could be.
- ThomPete 11y agoIts not the growing alone its the process of putting it in bags and selling it. Call it nonsense all you want the issue is very real.
- maxerickson 11y agoThey planted large orchards in a desert. The linked article doesn't make any statements about how much water each tree is getting, so I'm not sure what you would be calling nonsense. It does state that California grows most of the world supply of almonds, perhaps the number of trees being supported by the imported water is much higher than you think?
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- zuminator 11y agoIt's a book review. Presumably the derivation of those numbers is in the book itself.