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Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by phpisthebest on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:53PM (#39123732)
"It takes a bonkers 1,611 US gallons (6,098 litres) to produce 1 litre of almond milk,” says the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Pete Hemingway." [1]

So that would be 6,000 gallons of water to make 1 Gallon of Almond Milk... that seems to be more than your 800 Gallon figure for cow milk....

Also you will take my Steak and Hamburger over my dead body... America will never, not in may life time, give up Beef, it is after all what is for dinner.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/sep/05/ditch-the-almon...

Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by arcticbull on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:55PM (#39123749)
Where did you get the idea I supported almond production for milk substitutes. I specifically cited other much lower water usage milk substitutes like oat and soy.

> Also you will take my Steak and Hamburger over my dead body... America will never, not in may life time, give up Beef, it is after all what is for dinner.

Also not relevant, but ok. I'll make a note of it.

Personally, I think meat should just be much more expensive, representing the actual consumption of resources in its production. That way we could just let the market sort it out.

Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by hedora on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:56PM (#39124329)
Regardless, as I understand it, it's well-established that almond milk uses less water per gallon than dairy milk.

However, we grow almonds in areas that don't have enough water, and milk is often produced in areas with surplus water.

Either way, I prefer soy milk.

Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by thelastparadise on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:28PM (#39124612)
> Either way, I prefer soy milk.

Are you at all concerned about hormone imbalances?

Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by alan-hn on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:32PM (#39125107)
The estrogenic substances are not present in physiological relevant concentrations, its not anything to worry about
Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by dgfitz on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:05PM (#39124405)
> Personally, I think meat should just be much more expensive, representing the actual consumption of resources in its production. That way we could just let the market sort it out.

When the govt. starts subsidizing, the market cannot sort it out, or at least that is how I’ve seen things play out. I’m not a market expert by any means.

Re:Majority of America's underground water stores are drying... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:42PM (#39124200)
1) The link to their source doesn't go anywhere. Other sources have very different numbers: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092652/volume-of-water-...

2) If you truly cared about this and weren't just using it to justify your milk consumption, why wouldn't you switch to a far less water intensive milk like soy milk?