A kg of almonds takes 3000 liters of water, so that’s 1.9 calories per liter.
Near as I can tell water cost of meat ranges from 2000 l/kg for chicken to maybe 15,000 l/kg for beef. That’s 0.09-0.6 calories/liter. So, 3-20x more people can eat almonds than meat.
A kg of almonds takes 3000 liters of water, so that’s 1.9 calories per liter.
Near as I can tell water cost of meat ranges from 2000 l/kg for chicken to maybe 15,000 l/kg for beef. That’s 0.09-0.6 calories/liter. So, 3-20x more people can eat almonds than meat.
They did the math
Where do you have the 3000 L of water for 1 kg almonds from? It is not in that paper. I read about 10000-15000L per kg almonds (here: https://berlin.nabu.de/umwelt-und-ressourcen/oekologisch-leben/essen-und-trinken/32632.html) but that was admittedly not a scientific publication.