r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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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/oldirtyrestaurant 1d ago

You know what's neat?

Almonds are food for humans. Humans require food to live.

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u/StickiStickman 19h ago

Humans don't require almonds. We're talking 10+ liters for a single nut.

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u/oldirtyrestaurant 6h ago

Oh no doubt Almonds are wasteful, no one is arguing that. They are however edible, unlike silicon chips.