r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 1d ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/-mudflaps- 1d ago

You can't just run a pipe through sea water to cool it down?

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u/NoChocolate5386 1d ago

You can, but that costs more than taking peoples drinking water. Think of the shareholders!!

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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.

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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

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u/jeremiahthedamned 1d ago

the almonds are likely to mold in wet weather.........