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For some numbers:

One graph even has California's animal feed water usage so large it actually goes off the chart at 15.2 million acre-feet of water (it is distorted to make it fit as it notes). For some comparison, the blue water usage of animal feed is larger than all of almonds water usage of ~2 million acre-feet of water

https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ca_ftprint_full_report3.pdf#page=25


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Also worth noting is that per liter, dairy milk requires 628.2 L of freshwater vs almond milk requiring 371.46 L of freshwater. And if you use something like oat milk instead that gets you to 48.24 L

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks

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

It undeniably does, but what would be interesting is a comparison of how much water is needed per liter of milk and various substitutes.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Per liter, dairy milk requires 628.2 L of freshwater vs almond milk requiring 371.46 L of freshwater. And if you use something like oat milk instead that gets you to 48.24 L

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I suppose I should have guessed how much more resource-intensive dairy milk is just because it involves animals, but holy crap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For sure, oat milk is personally my favorite too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Love using oat milk for porridge. Double oat, so oaty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same and this is making me even happier to be drinking it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of all the non-dairy milks I've tried, oat is the most palatable to me. Still distinctly prefer cow, though. But then i grew up on the fresh stuff, not the watery crap from the supermarket.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I make my own oat milk. Costs literal cents to make and you can modify it for you tastes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've switched entirely to oat milk. I don't understand how it's so creamy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Drinking coffee with soy milk in it right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still like Soy milk the best. It's tried and true, and uses less water than Oat. Sadly, the emissions are a bit higher...

But a benefit is that in making soy milk, you have the setup to make tofu, which is lovely as well.