It makes perfect sense that the world's largest producer of pistachios and almonds uses a lot of water. What doesn't make sense is using water to grow lower-va

It makes perfect sense that the world's largest producer of pistachios and almonds uses a lot of water. What doesn't make sense is using water to grow lower-value crops like alfalfa for cattle to eat in the California and Arizona desert. But, I'm not an agricultural expert. The point is that when we are running short of water, we should raise the price for it, and let the market decide. Right now normal people pay far more for water in California than agricultural users. Stop distorting this market, move the agricultural price of water even just a bit closer to the residential price, and the water shortage will go away as the most wasteful farms change their ways.