The Southwest is bone dry. Now, a key water source is at risk.
www.politico.com
Climate change and worsening drought have driven water stores to dangerous lows. Now the federal government is telling states to drastically cut back.

Stupid motherfuckers knew this would happen for decades and now they have 60 days to fix it lol. What a useless fucking country.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        if we're going by sheer stupidity (aka per acre wasteage) rather than gross impact, then it's golf courses > lawns > almond farming

        the grass on golf courses is just....something else

        • 20000bannedposters [love/loves]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah i agree. Also yeah fuck the nuts grown in central valley. But lots of those guys are not pulling from the Colorado river. They are drilling wells up to 2k feet deep+ to get too water. They are hiring oil well exploration companies to drill the wells. Pretty nuts 😀

          • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            The Corcovado Gulf in Chile could easily be dammed to create a large freshwater reservoir (it might already be brackish)--and the climate is perfect for almonds (not that it matters, just eat a bit less almonds won't kill you)

            unfortunately Boric seems clowny

    • SickleRick [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      How much of the water usage for agriculture is growing the turf that they sell in big rolls though? I tried to find some data on it but I couldn't find any data on how much acreage is used for what crops in Arizona.

        • SickleRick [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          It's the solution to living in a climate that grass isn't supposed to grow in. Tired of yellow, dead grass in the summer because you live in a fucking desert? Buy already grown grass by the roll every fucking summer!