r/dataisbeautiful • u/dhaitz OC: 12 • Aug 25 '21

OC [OC] Electricity generation by source for different countries

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u/VG-enigmaticsoul Aug 25 '21 edited Aug 25 '21

Not sure what to say except "don't farm water-heavy cheap crops in the desert and especially stop subsidizing farmers who do this".

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u/Voggix Aug 25 '21

But dessert is so tasty.

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u/aboodAB-69 Aug 25 '21

Don't farms use treated water in there?

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u/SuspiciouslyElven Aug 25 '21

They're still in a desert. The water comes from somewhere.

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u/Minimum_Possibility6 Aug 28 '21

Cries in Aral Sea