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The issue is with ever increasing consumption. For water conservation a change in diet to move away from water intensive calories like almonds and beef could b
by jdavis703 5y ago
The issue is with ever increasing consumption. For water conservation a change in diet to move away from water intensive calories like almonds and beef could be replaced with less water intensive crops like poultry and peanuts.
- giantg2 5y agoI had a typo saying "supply" when I meant "demand". At a high level we are saying roughly the same thing. Even poultry and peanuts would provide only a temporary solution. The root of the issue is building cities in the desert (and the agriculture and industry that goes with them). The population will continue increasing until the peanuts and poultry fix no longer provide enough savings. Not to mention, any new found "surplus" of water might just be used by farmers to expand the poultry or peanuts that they would be producing (lower margins would suggested a needed increase in volume).