> Growing and raising food requires a huge amount more water than it's literal weight once it sits on your dinner plate. ... which is why the growing is done n

> Growing and raising food requires a huge amount more water than it's literal weight once it sits on your dinner plate. ... which is why the growing is done near the water source and fertile soil. If the soil and water aren't in the same place you move the water, because the soil is even more massive and volumous. I think you've missed the point of this thread. It isn't about what we do or don't do, but about where we do it.