• Aksamit@slrpnk.netOP
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    3 days ago

    Oh hang on, that number might of been counting fish/sea animals too? Idk, I still can’t remember where I heard ‘trillion’ on this, but the infographic on Our World In Data could get that number up there with fish included as livestock.

    Including fish as livestock is not particularly relevant for making a point on fresh water consumption though, so you were actually still right to call me out on this.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah it’s easy to exaggerate numbers, I have to catch myself often. Fish could get us close I suppose (shrimp almost surely, but counting each one is problematic).

      20 billion chickens is still an insane number anyway. And with so much of the US in drought it’s tough not to let it keep me up at night.