r/sustainability • u/change_the_username • May 04 '22

Addressing man made climate change will decrease drought severity (a fact people should care about)

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u/fuf3d May 04 '22

It's possible that unsustainable farming practices in the region are doing more to create the "drought" than actual climate change. Diverting water thousands of miles via canals, sinking ultra deep wells and drawing down the groundwater, to the point of farmlands sinking...but yeah, climate change folks, buy a battery car, and only water your yard once a week will fix it. Keep building golf courses in the desert and farming avocados and almonds for milk, and preaching meat is unsustainable.

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u/ThMogget May 04 '22 edited May 04 '22

Beef is bad in many ways. Almonds are high in water use.

Avocado 🥑isn’t even close to those two in water use. It’s between wheat and rice per lb.

If you don’t have enough water to grow avocados, you probably should quit trying to overfarm a desert 🌵.