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why don't they use reverse osmosis? because they move the farm when the soil is contaminated? CA is messed up when it comes to agriculture
by OrgNet 7y ago
why don't they use reverse osmosis? because they move the farm when the soil is contaminated? CA is messed up when it comes to agriculture
- nwallin 7y agoReverse osmosis is super expensive. The central valley accounts for 1% of US farmland by area and 8% of US agriculture by revenue. Whatever they're doing wrong, they're also doing something right.
- Filligree 7y agoProfiting from unsustainable farming is "right"? It sounds like they can afford not to destroy the soil.
- jandrese 7y agoWhat they're doing is raising exotic cash crops instead of huge fields corn and soybeans. The climate allows them to grow crops that would not survive midwestern winters, like almonds.
- OrgNet 7y agoyeah, and they dry up Mexico in the process... thanks democrats
- ac29 7y agoCalifornia agriculture uses roughly 10¹³ gallons of "applied" water a year [0]. That would cost a bit more than $200 to run RO on. [0] https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/ https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/
- OrgNet 7y agoBecause they don't get taxed properly for destroying the environment, it would be a lot worst.