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		SilasX on Aug 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How California Is Winning the Drought Because "70 percent more tomatoes per unit of water" is too abstract for most people.

3pt14159 on Aug 14, 2015 [–]

"70 percent more tomatoes for a given amount of water." Or even better "Decreased tomato water requirements by 41%" but that doesn't sound as impressive.

drdeca on Aug 14, 2015 | [–]

Well, its almost half.

"Nearly halved tomato water requirements" sounds fairly impressive to me.

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