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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoStill less water used thsn a small farm lol. I think something like 97% of our fresh water supply goes into agriculture.
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoIn the US it’s definetely not true. https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water Pre-datacenters numbers are ~35% irrigation, ~45% thermoelectric power plant cooling, 12% residential, 5% industry, and then other usages. I don’t know how much datacenters changed this equation.
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoFor the global statistics, not to be a US-centric the numbers are a different, https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use still only 70% overall in the world, with huuuge discrepancy between countries.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-211 hours agoYou’re not wrong, but it’s worth pointing out how most of that water is wasted before some genius chimes in to remind us that we eat food.
Still less water used thsn a small farm lol.
I think something like 97% of our fresh water supply goes into agriculture.
In the US it’s definetely not true.
https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water
Pre-datacenters numbers are ~35% irrigation, ~45% thermoelectric power plant cooling, 12% residential, 5% industry, and then other usages.
I don’t know how much datacenters changed this equation.
For the global statistics, not to be a US-centric the numbers are a different, https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use
still only 70% overall in the world, with huuuge discrepancy between countries.
You’re not wrong, butit’s worth pointing out how most of that water is wasted before some genius chimes in to remind us that we eat food.They’re wrong though.