Thanks. Your comment got me to wondering about the almond harvest's impact. Quick inference from the top hits: almonds use 10% of the water to generate 12% of

Thanks. Your comment got me to wondering about the almond harvest's impact. Quick inference from the top hits: almonds use 10% of the water to generate 12% of the revenue compared to rice, almonds use 40% more water and generate x3 the dollar per acre-foot. https://fruitgrowers.com/what-california-crops-use-the-most-water/ https://fruitgrowers.com/what-california-crops-use-the-most-... https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CA-Ag-Water-Use.pdf https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CA-Ag-Water-U... So while growing almonds in California is insane ecologically, it's pretty damn good economically.