• pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Splurge for me, conserve for thee.

    Same with water in CA. Industry uses >80% of water in the state and the focus is on 30 second showers and bullying citizens because their representatives have been captured along with their press in the profit machine.

    • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      Residential homes use about 12% of the consumed fresh water in the United States.

      Their whole industries that scrape a bit of profit off of a huge amount of America’s water. Like exporting alfalfa grown in a desert.