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There are easier ways to deal with the drought than abandoning Los Angeles. For instance California could cut back its almond production: http://www.slate.com/
by malvosenior 12y ago
There are easier ways to deal with the drought than abandoning Los Angeles. For instance California could cut back its almond production:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/05/_10_percent_of_california_s_water_goes_to_almond_farming.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/0...
From the article:
"California almonds use a stunning 1.1 trillion gallons of water each year, or enough for you to take a 10-minute shower each day for 86 million years (using a low-flow showerhead, of course)."
I think the answer is for California to embrace the fact that it's a post-agricultural society and refocus resources on its human capital rather than it's increasingly unproductive farmland.
- beachstartup 12y agoby now, i don't think there's a single person on the entire internet who doesn't know about the water needed by almonds.
- cryowaffle 12y agoSorry to be "that guy" but it was news to me.