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by Boltgolt 399 days ago
I'd rate basic necessities like food 4000x more important than data centers too
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I don't know. I suspect most people rate data centers higher than almond milk...
Of course! But what about all of the agriculture that gets exported? In CA, it is over half of almonds and ~15% of alfalfa (cattle feed).
Get rid of the corn subsidies and production will shift to more sustainable crops that don't result in high fructose corn syrup being overused and increasing rates of diabetes and obesity.
If we could just get rid of these darn living creatures we would use much less water.