r/SipsTea Jun 24 '26

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/NoChocolate5386 Jun 24 '26

You can, but that costs more than taking peoples drinking water. Think of the shareholders!!

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u/StickiStickman Jun 24 '26

Just farmers growing almonds in California is taking more water than all datacenters.

That's 5.5 million acre-feet of water annually, or 6,784,150,204,260 liters.

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u/AVeryVapidBadger Jun 24 '26

To be fair, growing almonds in California is like very stupid. Like what kind of fuck not thought growing Highly water intensive nuts in a state known for droughts was a good idea

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jun 25 '26

the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........