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by r00fus 3334 days ago
Forget about almonds - livestock (and to a lesser extent dairy) takes the most water per pound.

Want to prevent the central valley sinking [1]? Maybe we should have less cows and pigs and selling a lot of the meat abroad.

[1] http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drough...