@RustedComputing @marnanel @DelRider @anne_twain @gerrymcgovern
mmm, this is mostly the fault of meat-eaters, as 3/4 of all crops grown go to feeding livestock

california's almond boom has made the problem even worse though, as almonds are a horribly wasteful crop no one should eat ever, and city infrastructure also matters to some extent (e.g. phoenix uses the same amount of water today as it did in the 1970s, while los angeles has hardly even tried

see https://onthepublicrecord.org/ for a nice resource