GreatAndPowerfulNixy t1_iueaz9r wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Reply to comment by kalasea2001 in U.S. Streams Are Drying Up. Data showed that in the South and West, streamflow droughts got longer between 1951 and 2020, regardless of threshold. Worse yet, droughts in these regions are becoming more intense by Wagamaga

The percentage of water use by almond farmers alone in California dwarfs all other private usage.

Adamofatom t1_iuf1bhb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:52 PM

And who do you think the farmers farm for?

I am definitely for more regulations for the industry. But at the end of the day the industry feeds the needs of the consumers.

TheLastForestOnEarth t1_iufaf1h wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Farmers farm for themselves. Farming is a for-profit business. They're not heroes, selflessly generating food so the rest of us can live.

kuroimakina t1_iuf3f6w wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:07 PM

Consumers are stupid, and those who aren’t stupid are often too overworked and tired to also spend all their time picking and choosing every single purchase to minimize their impact to the environment. It’s all just how the system works - make everyone overworked, undereducated, and/or generally disenfranchised and they’ll just accept anything

MewgDewg t1_iuf80fz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:38 PM

idk friend - I understand your sentiment but anecdotally it only took me an afternoon to figure out what in my area was reasonably sustainable and what specifically was not, when certain things I like were in season etc.. I definitely agree with the "No ethical consumption" sentiment but I don't feel like it's a good excuse not to try

blumpkinmania t1_iug02od wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:04 AM

Almonds? Europe, China and India.