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Right, I think the gp comment is referring to fabs being impacted by water shortages, not fabs causing water shortages. Although if push comes to shove I guess
by rland 5y ago
Right, I think the gp comment is referring to fabs being impacted by water shortages, not fabs causing water shortages.
Although if push comes to shove I guess all of this can be solved trivially by not growing ridiculous water intensive crops and not having golf courses and stuff in the middle of the desert.
- diskzero 5y agoTucson resident here. I see acre after acre of alfalfa being grown, with most of that water then being exported to Saudi Arabia for cattle consumption. There is a geopolitical aspect to this, but I will gladly choose Arizona fabs over exporting cattle feed. Tucson has been doing a very good job recharging our local aquifers and we also had a good monsoon. I was able to harvest 15,000 gallons of rainwater for irrigation on my land. I view the construction of the fabs as critical infrastructure . Saudi cattle, not so much.
- no-s 5y ago> Tucson resident here. I see acre after acre of alfalfa being grown, with most of that water then being exported to Saudi Arabia for cattle consumption. (also Tucsonian) Whats really sad is we still have to search far and wide for decent quality hay to feed to our horses... The fab investments also create a nexus of interesting jobs related to construction and fab operations. I really enjoy working in the latter sector.