Re:Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely
by danaris on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:15AM
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People will buy roughly the same amount of almonds whether they're produced in California or Ohio[0]. Claiming that we have to attribute agricultural water (ab)use to the consumer is just absolving the producers of any and all responsibility for destructive, short-sighted decisions about where and how to produce.
[0] Or any other place with a reasonable natural amount of rainfall. Nothing special about Ohio for this purpose.
Re:Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely
by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday June 24, 2022 @08:51AM
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Not really.
I live in NM. The agriculture sector here produces less than 8% of both the calories and pounds of food consumed within the state. Most of the beef production in NM is exported out of state (and country).
So if the "burden is on the consumer", it's on people who don't live in US southwest, and that has to stop. The fever dreams of the 1930s/40s bureau of reclamation have done so much damage.
Re:Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely
by htlion on Saturday June 25, 2022 @01:45PM
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We need to compare the imported water from food and the exported water from food.
Also, considering NM is a bit tricky. With 7 inhabitants /km2, NM is a very rural state, so it is expected that it would export its food.
I would be very interested in the water balance for the US, knowing that we import a lot of soy for cattle.
[1] https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/product-water-...