As these costs trickle down, outraged shoppers have taken to social media, filming videos lamenting prices they claim have quadrupled, with some vowing to plant their own gardens to avoid paying up to $8 a pound.
In California, the cost of water for consumers precludes growing high-cost vegetables to realize overall savings: unless consumers can figure a way to get their water at agricultural pricing.
In Texas, cities have residents on strict water restrictions with massive fines for violating them. Meanwhile the oil refineries in these same cities are allowed to purchase water for 30 cents per thousand gallons and can use as much water as they want.
In Corpus Christie, they’ve been in a drought for years and living under these restrictions the whole time. They’re projected to completely run out of water in just a few years and these refineries are still unrestricted. The current plan from the corrupt local government is to have the residents spend one billion dollars to build a desalination plant despite it being these 3 or 4 massive multinational oil companies who are using all of the water.
I have 2 × 1550 gallon tanks in my backyard that are cylinders that are about 6’ in diameter, and about 6’6" tall. Also two hundred gallon tanks that are a little smaller in diameter than a standard round yard trashcan, but a bit taller. It doesn’t take as much space as you’d think.
In California, the cost of water for consumers precludes growing high-cost vegetables to realize overall savings: unless consumers can figure a way to get their water at agricultural pricing.
In Texas, cities have residents on strict water restrictions with massive fines for violating them. Meanwhile the oil refineries in these same cities are allowed to purchase water for 30 cents per thousand gallons and can use as much water as they want.
In Corpus Christie, they’ve been in a drought for years and living under these restrictions the whole time. They’re projected to completely run out of water in just a few years and these refineries are still unrestricted. The current plan from the corrupt local government is to have the residents spend one billion dollars to build a desalination plant despite it being these 3 or 4 massive multinational oil companies who are using all of the water.
We are allowed to setup rain capture systems. I have over 3000 gallons of free water each Feb, and that lasts my plants until Nov.
Where do you store 3000 gallons? Thats a lot of space! Very cool though, I’m kinda jealous
If you were to store it all at once, it would fit in a cube with 2.4 metre (7.84 foot) sides.
Not as much as I expected! Still a decent footprint, but more manageable!
Probably possible to bury the tank deep enough you could grow the tomatoes on the ground above it if space is a concern.
I have 2 × 1550 gallon tanks in my backyard that are cylinders that are about 6’ in diameter, and about 6’6" tall. Also two hundred gallon tanks that are a little smaller in diameter than a standard round yard trashcan, but a bit taller. It doesn’t take as much space as you’d think.