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Agriculture consumes the vast majority of CA water. A lot of it is for crops shipped overseas. It is domestic dead weight loss.
by smcg 4y ago
Agriculture consumes the vast majority of CA water. A lot of it is for crops shipped overseas. It is domestic dead weight loss.
- musicale 4y agoGrowing high water use crops (alfalfa, rice, cotton, almonds, etc.) for export outside the US doesn't seem like it would be good water policy for California.
- arinlen 4y ago> Agriculture consumes the vast majority of CA water. Just do add some sources: https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/ https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/ > "Water in California is shared across three main sectors. Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban, although the percentage of water use by sector varies dramatically across regions and between wet and dry years."
- mrguyorama 4y agoImportant note here: "environmental" use is mostly letting the rivers empty into the ocean It's a semantic ploy to make people blame agricultural water usage less.