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wisenedwighter t1_j2drni7 wrote

Reply to comment by mindingtheyakkha in In opposite : could you list things cheap today that will be unaffordable in 2030 ? (and why) by salutbobby

Az gives water to Saudi owned farms.

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95castles t1_j2duoe2 wrote

Yeah they’re specifically draining one of Arizona’s aquifers. The water levels are low enough now that all the small farmers in the area can’t access the water because their wells aren’t deep enough. The slight good news is that the aquifer they’re draining is generally not used by civilians. But that’s water that we will probably need in the future.

(Bigger picture, 70+% of AZ’s water usage is by the agriculture industry as a whole, it provides less than 5% of AZ’s GDP now. Therefore, I am against a majority of crops being grown in Arizona at a large scale.)

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spiralout1123 t1_j2dw1a7 wrote

Meanwhile, water scarcity is a massive problem here in AZ

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95castles t1_j2dwhxk wrote

Yup, born and raised here. I love farmers, but we cannot be wasting our water on large scale outdoor farms anymore.

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Larkson9999 t1_j2dz90z wrote

If you really want to combat water waste in Arizona, ban grass lawns. 90% of the water poured on them evaporates and the lawn serves zero function beyond vanity.

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