"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in
:

>>> It takes one gallon of water to grow an almond, but 3.3
>>> gallons of water to grow a tomato. Almonds sell at a premium
>>> compared to tomatoes.
>>
>> That is cracker economics at its most risible. You cannot
>> grow a single almond, you have to grow a tree which will
>> produce many almonds (I would imagine close to 100 almonds
>> per tree if my experience in Andalucia is similar), each if
>> them requiring a "gallon" (or more accurately 4 litres) of
>> water. You can however grow a few tomatoes instead of a
>> hundred.
>
> One almond tree produces thousands of almonds.

In one batch or over the life of the tree?

> And the thing
> is they must be watered year round, you cannot let an almond
> orchard go fallow. They must be watered when not producing.

So it is cracker economics to compare water requirements of a
single almond to that of a tomato. Yes, it may require more water
for a tomato, but a tomato plant does not produce thousands of
tomatoes.

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