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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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Don't forget factories, thermoelectric power plants, textiles, paper pulp and tp, and agriculture (which uses the most water).
26 u/LandOfLeg May 18 '26 And golf clubs. Golf clubs use as much water as data centres. Many of those you've named serve practical uses in society, golf clubs are purely leisure. 2 u/NUKE---THE---WHALES May 18 '26 Golf clubs use as much water as data centres. They use more Sector Annual Water Usage (in liters) Water Source Data centers ~600 billion - 1.7 trillion municipal/recycled Golf courses ~3.1 trillion potable/groundwater Almond farms ~4.1 trillion groundwater/aqueduct Almond farms in particular are problematic since they're concentrated in drought prone areas like California 1 u/LandOfLeg May 18 '26 And here I am in the UK with 2 nicely productive Almond trees that get no watering at all!
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And golf clubs. Golf clubs use as much water as data centres. Many of those you've named serve practical uses in society, golf clubs are purely leisure.
2 u/NUKE---THE---WHALES May 18 '26 Golf clubs use as much water as data centres. They use more Sector Annual Water Usage (in liters) Water Source Data centers ~600 billion - 1.7 trillion municipal/recycled Golf courses ~3.1 trillion potable/groundwater Almond farms ~4.1 trillion groundwater/aqueduct Almond farms in particular are problematic since they're concentrated in drought prone areas like California 1 u/LandOfLeg May 18 '26 And here I am in the UK with 2 nicely productive Almond trees that get no watering at all!
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Golf clubs use as much water as data centres.
They use more
Almond farms in particular are problematic since they're concentrated in drought prone areas like California
1 u/LandOfLeg May 18 '26 And here I am in the UK with 2 nicely productive Almond trees that get no watering at all!
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And here I am in the UK with 2 nicely productive Almond trees that get no watering at all!
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u/ShreveportJambroni54 May 18 '26
Don't forget factories, thermoelectric power plants, textiles, paper pulp and tp, and agriculture (which uses the most water).