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>eat one less steak or skip a handful of almonds At least in the case of Arizonan desert alfalfa, this is a result of sweetheart lease deals offered to Saudis
by Infernal 3y ago
>eat one less steak or skip a handful of almonds
At least in the case of Arizonan desert alfalfa, this is a result of sweetheart lease deals offered to Saudis with no limits on groundwater access, who are effectively exporting Arizona’s aquifers in the form of livestock feed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-company-fondomonte-arizona-ground-water-crop-alfalfa/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-company-fondomonte-arizon...
- markfeathers 3y agoAs I understand their water rights were recently revoked: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2023-04-22/water-permits-for-saudi-arabia-owned-farm-in-arizona-revoked https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/202...
- Dig1t 3y ago>has rescinded drilling permits This is just saying that they had the right to drill MORE wells revoked, presumably they already have wells that will continue to pump water out of the ground. >reported that the new wells would have pumped up to 3,000 gallons (11,000 liters) of water per minute. That is an insane amount of water.
- bombcar 3y agoThe entire flow of the Mississippi: > At Lake Itasca, the average flow rate is 6 cubic feet per second. At Upper St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the northern most Lock and Dam, the average flow rate is 12,000 cubic feet per second or 89,869 gallons per second. At New Orleans, the average flow rate is 600,000 cubic feet per second.