silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoHay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study findswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkHay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study findswww.latimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoWhat’s even more frustrating is that it’s not useful. Here’s an article about Utah’s water usage WRT alfalfa: alfalfa and other kinds of hay sucks up 68% of the 5.1 million acre-feet of water diverted every year in Utah … amounts to 0.2% of the state’s annual gross domestic product … Almost a third of it is exported, mostly to China, taking far too much of our water with it. So, Utah is using 2/3 of their water to produce 0.2% of their GDP and exports almost a third of it. It’s completely stupid…
What’s even more frustrating is that it’s not useful. Here’s an article about Utah’s water usage WRT alfalfa:
So, Utah is using 2/3 of their water to produce 0.2% of their GDP and exports almost a third of it. It’s completely stupid…