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You think CA would still be 5th in GDP without reliable water? Unless desalination becomes more efficient, CA is thirsty.

• bee_rider 4y ago
  It looks like agriculture isn't a huge percentage of their economy, so they'd probably still be up there (unless I've misread the chart). https://www.statista.com/statistics/304869/california-real-gdp-by-industry/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/304869/california-real-g...
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  • kickout 4y ago
    I was trying to imply once water sourcing becomes a major issues, basic needs for residents will become hard. Agriculture is small % but if water is a problem, there will be some exodus of people/corps. That’s where the big gdp hits would likely come from
    • bee_rider 4y ago
      > 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. (it looks, based on their graphs, like agricultural usage is sticker, in the sense that it doesn't go down nearly as much in dry years). https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/ https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/ Since agricultural use takes up a ton of water and produces a fairly small % of the overall GDP, I'd expect them to shift usage toward whatever the high-productivity sectors want before they allow an exodus.