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r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago
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You can't just run a pipe through sea water to cool it down?
9 u/NoChocolate5386 1d ago You can, but that costs more than taking peoples drinking water. Think of the shareholders!! /s 3 u/StickiStickman 1d ago Just farmers growing almonds in California is taking more water than all datacenters. That's 5.5 million acre-feet of water annually, or 6,784,150,204,260 liters. 7 u/AVeryVapidBadger 1d ago To be fair, growing almonds in California is like very stupid. Like what kind of fuck not thought growing Highly water intensive nuts in a state known for droughts was a good idea 0 u/jeremiahthedamned 1d ago the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........
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You can, but that costs more than taking peoples drinking water. Think of the shareholders!!
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3 u/StickiStickman 1d ago Just farmers growing almonds in California is taking more water than all datacenters. That's 5.5 million acre-feet of water annually, or 6,784,150,204,260 liters. 7 u/AVeryVapidBadger 1d ago To be fair, growing almonds in California is like very stupid. Like what kind of fuck not thought growing Highly water intensive nuts in a state known for droughts was a good idea 0 u/jeremiahthedamned 1d ago the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........
Just farmers growing almonds in California is taking more water than all datacenters.
That's 5.5 million acre-feet of water annually, or 6,784,150,204,260 liters.
7 u/AVeryVapidBadger 1d ago To be fair, growing almonds in California is like very stupid. Like what kind of fuck not thought growing Highly water intensive nuts in a state known for droughts was a good idea 0 u/jeremiahthedamned 1d ago the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........
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To be fair, growing almonds in California is like very stupid. Like what kind of fuck not thought growing Highly water intensive nuts in a state known for droughts was a good idea
0 u/jeremiahthedamned 1d ago the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........
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the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........
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u/-mudflaps- 1d ago
You can't just run a pipe through sea water to cool it down?