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Nick Szabo· 2026-01-25 06:36
RT Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole)The "1,800 gallons of water per pound of beef" statistic is the greatest accounting fraud in environmental activism.Here's how they calculate it: 94% is "green water" which is just rainfall that falls on pasture whether cattle exist or not.This water was falling anyway. The grass absorbs it, the cow drinks some, pisses it back into the soil within 24 hours, and the grass uses it again. It's a cycle, not consumption.If we counted rainfall for plant crops the same way, your quinoa wo ...