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Interesting, and not terribly surprising. But I would be interested to have the numbers in a context other than almonds. I suspect that cattle and other livesto
by dikaiosune 11y ago
Interesting, and not terribly surprising. But I would be interested to have the numbers in a context other than almonds. I suspect that cattle and other livestock far outstrip almonds and intoxicants both in sheer quantity and relative wastefulness.
- breischl 11y agoAs usual, Wikipedia has some interesting numbers[1]. Relevant to your particular question, alfalfa uses ~20% of the irrigation water in the state. The amount of alfalfa eaten just by horses requires ~1.9M acre-feet, which is ~620 billion gallons. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_in_California#Uses_of_water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_in_California#Uses_of_wa...
- gwern 11y agoFor some funny comparisons: http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-doing/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-do...