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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That's actually too generous. A large amount of water goes to corn, which we turn ~~primarily~~much of into corn ethanol to burn in our cars.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Corn is about evenly split between ethanol and animal feed in the US. That's also based on USDA numbers that under count the amount going to animal feed by excluding exports and excluding more indirect ways corn go to animal feed

Today’s corn crop is mainly used for biofuels (roughly 40 percent of U.S. corn is used for ethanol) and as animal feed (roughly 36 percent of U.S. corn. [...] Only a tiny fraction of the national corn crop is directly used for food for Americans, much of that for high-fructose corn syrup.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Corrected! Thank you.