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Originally Posted by HC_Chief
Israeli olive and sesame farmers would beg to differ 
Yeah, almonds come from seriously thirsty trees. Weed is a seriously thirsty plant. They will need multiple desal plants. Each will require way more power than the CA grid can support, so that means new power plants as well. Ain't gonna happen. |
I know that Israel does use desal in agriculture.
But without researching it, I'm a little skeptical of whether they are really able to do that without government subsides and create a crop that could be exported at market value.