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19. My best guess is it's all under irrigation.

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 02:36 PM

Aug 2012

A breakout on irrigation for livestock feed versus human feed would definitely be interesting.

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What with the epic drought, I thought it would be fun to review: [View all] phantom power Aug 2012 OP

Good to know - Yet ANOTHER reason that fracking should be stopped annabanana Aug 2012 #1

fracking doesn't really appear on that graph, per se. phantom power Aug 2012 #2

It will if we let it get off the ground. annabanana Aug 2012 #12

Fracking is a bad use RobertEarl Aug 2012 #14

+a billion limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #18

It's kind of hard to cut back on crop irrigation GliderGuider Aug 2012 #3

I'm no expert, but based on my reading, we could cut back water use... phantom power Aug 2012 #7

Subsidizing ethanol encourages farmers pscot Aug 2012 #9

Or, you can be like the Palo Verde Nuke plants in Arizona dbackjon Aug 2012 #15

Must be some mistake YankeyMCC Aug 2012 #4

Solar and wind would really help felix_numinous Aug 2012 #8

I had that same thought XemaSab Aug 2012 #13

My best guess is it's all under irrigation. phantom power Aug 2012 #19