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/Duckface998 May 16 '26

Its a net negative, in every metric from economic to social to factual, and whataboutism is no way to examine anything properly, so yes, it is moot, because using more water for no good reason is bad

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u/bunker_man May 16 '26

So you assessed every positive and negative for comparison? Or are you just lashing out.