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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (859747)	5/24/2015 11:48:13 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575624

"California's mismanaged, man caused disaster" Raygun canceled the last dam, and then the conservatives voted down the penultimate water plan, if that's what you mean. However, it really is caused by lack of rain and snow. The few molecules of CO2 we added to the atmosphere n 2013 weighed 40 billion tons. Maybe there were two 20 billion ton molecules.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (859747)	5/25/2015 1:19:45 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1575624

"If the growth in CA population was expressed in PPM it would be much more than 400." They say 80% of our water goes to agriculture. Maybe we just have too many farmers, especially since they rely on government water. Bentway posted this last week. The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there. nytimes.com Your Contribution to the California Drought By LARRY BUCHANAN, JOSH KELLER, and HAEYOUN PARK Photos and video by TONY CENICOLA and DAVE FRANK California farmers produce more than a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. To do that, they use nearly 80 percent of all the water consumed in the state. It is the most stubborn part of the crisis: To fundamentally alter how much water the state uses, all Americans may have to give something up. The portions of foods shown here are grown in California and represent what average Americans, including non-Californians, eat in a week. We made an estimate of the amount of water it takes to grow each portion to give you a sense of your contribution to the California drought. The estimates include the amount of water used to make derivative products. For example, grape consumption includes not just fresh grapes, but also wine, jam and juice. Water Guzzlers The average American eats a sliver of California avocado each week. It takes 4.1 gallons of water to produce. Two ounces of rice 15.1 gallons 16 almonds 15.3 gallons Two olives 1.4 gallons A thin melon slice 1.1 gallons A bowl of processed tomatoes 9.1 gallons A third of an egg 6 gallons Four broccoli florets 2.2 gallons An orange slice 6.2 gallons A third of a head of lettuce 4.1 gallons Two peach slices 3.3 gallons ? ounce of turkey 4.1 gallons Two slices of bread 6.4 gallons Three mandarins 42.5 gallons Four glasses of milk require 221 gallons of water to produce. Replay Americans consume the most water by eating meat and dairy products, primarily because a lot of water is needed to grow the crops to feed the animals. Not all of this water comes from California; about half is imported in the form of crops, like corn, from the Midwest. 1.75 ounces of beef require 86 gallons of water to produce. Replay Grown Mostly in California The average American eats three baby carrots from California each week. It takes 0.7 gallons of water to produce. Three garlic cloves 0.51 gallons Three celery sticks 0.52 gallons An artichoke leaf 0.12 gallons A sliver of a date 0.29 gallons Six pistachios 2.1 gallons A small piece of fig 0.71 gallons A thin kiwi slice 0.15 gallons A small lemon slice 2.9 gallons A small plum slice 1 gallon Two strawberries 0.51 gallons Three and a half walnuts require seven gallons of water to produce. Replay A rise in prices may be inevitable if a persistent drought forces California farmers to slash production. “Consumers would have a choice of either substituting the higher-priced product for something else, look for products where imports increased to alleviate some of the shortage, go without, or look for those products that can be grown easily in other states,” said Craig A. Chase, a program manager at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Least Water Consumption The average American eats a tip of California asparagus each week. It takes 0.22 gallons of water to produce. An apple slice 0.39 gallons Four peppers 0.66 gallons A cabbage leaf 0.39 gallons A cauliflower floret 0.49 gallons Seven dried beans 0.91 gallons A tiny grapefruit wedge 0.34 gallons An onion slice 0.75 gallons A tiny pear wedge 0.51 gallons A potato slice 0.62 gallons A half raspberry 0.08 gallons A sweet potato slice 0.44 gallons A tomato slice 0.54 gallons One blueberry 0.04 gallons Nine spinach leaves require about eight glasses of water to produce. Replay About the data The amount of California food available to Americans was estimated using export data from the Agricultural Issues Center at the University of California, Davis. The figures were adjusted with U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates of how much food is lost or spoiled before it is sold to customers. The amount of water consumed to produce fruits, vegetables and nuts was calculated by the Pacific Institute. Their estimates are drawn from local climate data and plant physiology data reported by the California Department of Water Resources and crop yields reported by the U.S.D.A. Estimates for milk, beef, turkey and eggs are from the Water Footprint Network. All estimates here include surface and groundwater consumed during production, called blue water, and rainwater consumed, called green water. They do not include gray water, or water necessary to dilute the effluent from a farm or factory to levels acceptable by local governing standards. Video editing by Yulia Parshina-Kottas and Graham Roberts