10mo ago

Almonds consume as much California water as all household use

California Almond Water Usage: Updated — California Water Impact Network

70% of those almonds are exported. But you should take a pathetic dribble of a shower.

For those who don’t know, the flow restriction plug can be removed from most shower heads. But you didn’t hear it from me.

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Nobody look at how much water (and exploitation) that animal agriculture requires 🫣
- I agree it’s a large portion. However, the big difference is that most dairy and meat produced in state is not exported. Water is a public resource, so it should raise additional alarms when the public is not benefiting from its use.
  
  The meat might not be exported, but the water intensive livestock feed sure is
  
  Top commodities for export included almonds, dairy and dairy products, pistachios, wine and walnuts.
  https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/
  It kind of seems like a lot of dairy is exported. Dairy was valued at $10.4 billion, Cattle and Calves: $3.63 billion, Almonds: $3.52 billion. I mean, unless California is consuming over 70% of $14 billion in cattle and dairy products, but exporting all the almonds.
  
  Another big difference is the $38 billion in subsidies the meat and dairy industries get from U.S. taxpayers....That should also raise alarms.
- It's pretty well known how environmentally destructive the meat industry is.
  It doesn't mean that almonds, or avocados, or any other industrialised agricultural process that uses excessive resources shouldnt have the spotlight on it too.
Yes they fucking do, but were told to limit our showers to <5 minutes, and upon occasion live by the mantra, “If it’s yellow it’s mellow, if it’s brown flush it down…”
- Problem is if you let it mellow too long it starts growing stuff in your toilet. Then you gotta bleach the damn water
- Every drop counts. On the plus side when you remove the flow restriction from your shower, you never need to shower more than 5 minutes, because you’re being pummeled with an absolutely luxurious deluge. Warm up faster, rinse off faster. It’s not even clear to me that it uses more water.
  
  My pressure is so high it stings without it, I mean that's one way to get clean by grinding off the top layer of flesh.
Nobody mention the 900+ golf courses in CA either. Peasants can drink toilet water if they're thirsty.
- At least some people use that grass. What about all the water for the dead? Los Angeles has some huge cemeteries.
  
  If we didn't water them after planting, where would babies come from?
For those who don’t know, the flow restriction plug can be removed from most shower heads. But you didn’t hear it from me.
Wouldn't that reduce the water pressure? I was under the impression that these plugs improve the pressure. I want my shower to compete with acupuncture needles lol.
- As long as there’s sufficient pressure in the pipes, removing the flow restriction increases both the velocity and volume coming from the shower head. I suppose if the pipes have low pressure to start with, the flow restriction could help. But in my experience, it has been quite luxurious and forceful without the plugs.
I take less showers so I can put almond milk in my latte
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