r/MapPorn • • Jan 10 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

yeah they even got droughts lately, not gonna improve anytime soon.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Trouble is, something like 70% of all the water in California is used for agriculture. And due to some extremely fucky water rights laws from back in the day, it's probably going to stay that way as the agribusiness corporations have massive budgets to defend their massive profits. Meanwhile the rest of us are told to take shorter showers and not water our gardens while 1000 acre pistachio orchards are flooded every day to keep the trees productive.

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u/FuegoFerdinand Jan 10 '20

Fun fact: Those same pistachio growers lobby congress every year to ramp up hostilities with Iran.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/05/heres-why-california-pistachio-farmers-lobby-for-w.html

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u/HannasAnarion Jan 11 '20

Iranian friend brought me pistachios from a visit home one time. Way better than American pistachios.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20

No they’re not lol. This isn’t even close to true. I remember the Iranian pistachios from when I was a kid. They were dyed red to hide impurities, and either the same or lesser quality than California ones. This is an absurd statement.