• v_krishna@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    If we stopped growing almonds for the entire freaking world Norcal would have lots and lots of water. 80% of California water goes to agriculture, 20% of that is for tree nuts, and 2/3rds of them are exported overseas.

    I do agree (as a Michigan native originally) the best prospects over the next 50 years are Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. But both career prospects and winter make that a hard miss for me.

    • batmaniam@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Fucking move man. You’re living in a state that apparently depends on almonds. Where do you think you’re going to keep living? What’s the cutoff? Like you can’t raise a family in a state with no water that depends on almonds.

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        3 hours ago

        California does not depend on Almonds, it only accounts for 1/4 of 1% of the California economy.

        • vividspecter@lemm.ee
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          2 hours ago

          Worrying about the water use of almonds when animal agriculture is right there is absurd in any case.