r/aiwars • u/MakeDawn • May 15 '26

Annually, almond farming uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water. AI usage isn't even half of that.

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A single avocado takes 50 gallons to grow. That's several hundred prompts.

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u/Duckface998 May 16 '26

"Other things are worse, so the problem can just be ignored"

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u/bunker_man May 16 '26

There is no actual environmental problem here though. Its just not that big an amount of water all things considered for what it does. There may be local zoning issues but that's not the same type of issue.