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When One Almond Gulps 3.2 Gallons of Water
- dmbche 4y agoI think the titlet does a disservice to the article - it has a single line about almonds. It's a very interesting read about life without water (or when your water bill quadruples in 6 months) They also mention that alfalfa uses 4 times as much water as households in Arizona, alfalf is a cattle feed crop - dont know that almonds are pointed to as the issue
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoIs it really a problem though? We're encouraged to plant trees, lots of trees. But not these trees! Because somebody noticed, trees take a lot of water. Is it possible that almond trees are superior to many others because we also get almonds? Instead of nothing, like an oak or cedar or 100 others that we plant all the time.