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Uruguay Wasn’t Supposed to Run Out of Water (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Kiki@feddit.nl to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] pizzaiolo 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Irate Uruguayans have demonstrated in the streets throughout the crisis. They are angry at the country’s huge beef sector, because a typical cow drinks 40 liters of water a day.

People will run out of water before cows, thanks to animal agriculture

[–] Kiki@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Intensive agriculture and our economic system at large is going to screw us all everywhere: it causes climate change, and it also prevents (not rich) people to adapt to it. So fucked up.