California deserves all the BS they get as far as water. It takes about one gallon of water to grow one almond and there are roughly 350 in a pound. So they use 350 gallons of fresh water to grow one pound that probably has a wholesale value of $4-5 tops.
You reap what you sow and in Californias water issue this is fricking stupid.
Well, by your math that desalinization plant could produce water for 142,000 lbs of almonds per day, or a cool half million bucks in revenue. Sounds like a heck of a deal to me!
In my opinion, no one should be allowed to open their yap about farmers using too much water until agree to never, ever, play golf or wash their car again. Talk about wasting water.
I’ve actually had discussions with some of these water nazis about how many millions of gallons of water it takes to raise fish. Do they think they drink and sweat? JFC, you got me started….