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How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis | As dinner tables and snack menus feature far more chicken and cheese, farms are expanding where water is scarce. (www.nytimes.com)
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These transformations are tied to the changing American diet. Since the early 1980s, America’s per-person cheese consumption has doubled, largely in the form of mozzarella-covered pizza pies. And last year, for the first time, the average American ate 100 pounds of chicken, twice the amount 40 years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it seems you know I'm right and now you want to quibble about semantics

[–] derf82 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No, I am 100% sure you are both wrong and a complete douche.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

calling me names doesn't change whether I'm right.