California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal with Drought

Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by AesopHimself on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @05:52PM (#9307195)

Does this %80 include the water footprint for raising livestock?

It would be interesting to know the relative price in water of a small Niman ranch steak compared to a single serving of California-grown almonds.

Is the drought an argument against eating California-raised livestock since it isn't necessarily as location-dependent as certain agriculture?

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Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by markvdb on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @07:08PM (#9307625)

http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Mekonnen-Hoekstra-2012... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/opinion/meat-makes-the-pla...

"beef, about 145,000 gallons per ton"

"Changing one’s diet to replace 50 percent of animal products with edible plants like legumes, nuts and tubers results in a 30 percent reduction in an individual’s food-related water footprint. Going vegetarian, a better option in many respects, reduces that water footprint by almost 60 percent."

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Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @06:36PM (#9307467)

I certainly think so.

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