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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by ericjmorey on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:00AM (#37308078)
Raising cattle doesn't generally use water from or divert water from aquifers.
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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by saalweachter on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:26AM (#37308438)
Depends on the place, depends on the method, depends on the scale.

Beef and dairy can be a way to convert grasslands to human-consumable calories or be used to convert overproduction of grains (necessary as insurance against crop failures) into high quality protein, but it can also be a way to degrade marginal ecosystems and convert groundwater into an unhealthy national diet.

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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:10AM (#37308218)
Where do you think it comes from, then?
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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by Ekaros on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:14AM (#37308272)
Sky...
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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:50AM (#37308781)
Most cattle production happens west of the 98th meridian, where not enough water falls from the sky to support livestock or vegetable or fruit production at commercial scale.
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