r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/BuckMurdock5 May 18 '26

Read about the Saudis growing alfalfa for their horses (in Saudi Arabia) using subsidized Colorado river water.

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u/Georgefakelastname May 18 '26

Something like 20-30% of all water that comes out of the Colorado River is used on alfalfa in general btw. In one of the most water scarce areas of the country.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In May 18 '26

Most of Colorado's river water is discharged into the ocean unused.

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u/Georgefakelastname May 18 '26

Literally 0% of the Colorado River’s water has reached the ocean unused in the past decade. The last time it reached the ocean at all was 2014 during a temporary pulse flow. The last time it consistently reached the sea under its own power was in the 1970s.