Speaking of which, really interesting article just published about the Colorado River watershed. Take a look at how much water goes to grow cattle feed.
Comprehensive accounting for consumptive water uses in the Colorado River Basin, United States indicates that irrigated agriculture consumes half of all river flows; nearly two-thirds of agricultural water goes to cattle feed crops.
@lisamelton and yet when farmers protest, governments bend on climate change. Fuck farmers, charge a few of them as accessories to murder after the fact.
We won't solve climate change, extinction of species, excessive extractive practises etc. etc. if we don't tackle ecological #overshoot.
Which we can't in the short run, so I guess we're pretty much doomed to a worse case scenario: a #collapse in the very near future (actually already happening now.)
Handling that scenario the best we can is what #CrashCourse is about.
Roadskater, Ph.D.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Speaking of which, really interesting article just published about the Colorado River watershed. Take a look at how much water goes to grow cattle feed.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01291-0
New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea - Communications Earth & Environment
NatureJames Smith
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Cows can take up to 22 units of feed to create 1 unit of human feed. Average is around 9:1
Chicken 1:1
Pigs 1:4
Goat 1:4
Lamb 1:4
I haven't studied farmed fish but guess what I'll be doing instead of sleeping
Vegan 1:1 plus you'll have harder and more frequent erections... That goes for lady boners as well
Lien Rag
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Isn't eating sort of a priority ?
Mark Ohe
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Sir David Nielsen
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Crash Course
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Maybe you can just summarise this by saying:
We won't solve climate change, extinction of species, excessive extractive practises etc. etc. if we don't tackle ecological #overshoot.
Which we can't in the short run, so I guess we're pretty much doomed to a worse case scenario: a #collapse in the very near future (actually already happening now.)
Handling that scenario the best we can is what #CrashCourse is about.
#TalkCollapse #EcologicalOvershoot #ClimateChaos #ClimateChange #food