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It's not really a "too many people" issue, given that a lot of the water is going toward things like grapes and almonds.

• s1artibartfast 5y ago
  And the ocean and fishes
• giantg2 5y ago
  ... Why do we grow those? Do people eat them by chance?
  • nitwit005 5y ago
    Sure, but the consumption of luxury food products is only loosely related to the population size.
    • giantg2 5y ago
      That's only true if we have authoritarian policies to forbid luxury food. That would be one of the huge lifestyle changes I imagine. Otherwise, the wealthy countries will continue to eat those foods while less wealthy countries can't find or afford adequate food. But... what is the number of people we can sustainably feed with non-luxury food? Can we indefinitely support 8 billion people? I haven't seen any good answers that speak to the sustainably, or look into the geopolitical feasibility of forced diet changes.
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