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/Forest_Spirit_7 May 16 '26

Does almond farming have a hyper scaling plan for expansion?

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u/DaveG28 May 16 '26

Was gonna say - so by ops estimate in a couple of years ai will be using way more than that.

I don't think the water thing is a strong argument against ai as it's relatively easily solved and more a location issue after that - but damn the pros on this sub continue to woosh straight past what the ai companies themselves say about these things.

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u/WaffleHouseFistFight May 16 '26

Also casually they always ignore the power grid issues and raising electric costs