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it’s a combination of drought and over use. they like to report on drought but we keep using more water each year


Just watched a DW documentary the other day on droughts and climate change, focusing on California for some time without ever mentioning agriculture. Sure, restaurants in Mendocino have to close because they can't operate bathrooms, let's mention that. Let's also mention that it takes a gallon of water to produce a single almond, that 80% of the worldwide supply is grown in California, and such insanely water-intensive farming is still doing just dandy while people elsewhere in the state are keeping track of toilet flushes.




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