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Activist: "Beef uses an obscene amount of water. Fifteen thousand litres per kilo."
Farmer: "Where did the water come from?"
Activist: "What?"
Farmer: "The fifteen thousand litres. Where was it before it was on the bill."
Activist: "I don't know. A river?"
Farmer: "The sky. About ninety-four percent of that figure is rain that fell on the field and got drunk by the grass. The cow ate the grass. The rain was on its way down whether the cow was here or not."
Activist: "But it still counts as water used."
Farmer: "By the grass. Which would have used it whether I farmed or moved to Spain. The cow isn't commissioning the rainfall. The rain isn't on the cow's payroll."
Activist: "Then just don't have the cow."
Farmer: "The rain still falls. The grass still drinks it. The water cycles back into the air anyway, just without anyone getting fed in the middle."
Activist: "It's not that simple."
Farmer: "It's rain, grass, cow, river. Or it's rain, grass, rot, river. Same circle, fewer dinners. Meanwhile every almond in your milk took a gallon of pumped aquifer water in California to grow. That one you might want to worry about. The rain in Wales is doing fine without your concern."

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