▲ 128 ▼ Lake Mead along the Colorado River hits record-low water level | AP News (apnews.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by 1egg4u@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) All because people refuse to stop chomping down on hamberders and “bacon tho!” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago And they're not going to. The government needs to put their thumb on the scale and shift subsides from animal agriculture to alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) No, almost a third of the hay grown in the western US is exported to dairy farms in China, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and a couple other countries. 31% of all hay in the western US is exported, amounting to over 2.1 million metric tonnes per year. The most water starved areas in the US are growing some of the most water intensive hay crops like alfalfa, for Chinese and Saudi dairy cattle an ocean away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago Still, people eating too much meat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago And they're not going to. The government needs to put their thumb on the scale and shift subsides from animal agriculture to alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) No, almost a third of the hay grown in the western US is exported to dairy farms in China, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and a couple other countries. 31% of all hay in the western US is exported, amounting to over 2.1 million metric tonnes per year. The most water starved areas in the US are growing some of the most water intensive hay crops like alfalfa, for Chinese and Saudi dairy cattle an ocean away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago Still, people eating too much meat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago Still, people eating too much meat. permalink fedilink source parent