It's fairly obvious that more beef is consumed in the world than almonds. Thus, 80% of the world's almonds doesn't necessarily consume more water than the much

It's fairly obvious that more beef is consumed in the world than almonds. Thus, 80% of the world's almonds doesn't necessarily consume more water than the much smaller percent of the world's beef produced in California. If anything, it argues that beef shouldn't be produced in California since there are other producers of beef that can pick up the slack whereas there isn't likely to be (an)other producer(s) of almonds that can handle the world's demand if California were to cease production of almonds.