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Mmmm, you are ignoring the biomass of the tree

• sidpatil 4y ago
  Not just the tree, but the fruit itself. Almond fruits are essentially peaches. If you crack open a peach or nectarine seed, you'll see an almond-like kernel inside. Almond trees have been bred to improve the kernel at the expense of the rest of the fruit, but that rest of the fruit is a substantial portion of biomass which requires water.