Fun_People Archive
22 Sep
Drought thoughts

Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 02:47:15 -0700
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Drought thoughts

Forwarded-by: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: Chuck Yerkes <yerkes_chuck@jpmorgan.com>

As we continue the East Coast drought, and Long Island has stopped
burning (will refrain from comment), I thought this appropriate:

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User of more than half of all water consumed for all purposes in
the US:
	Livestock Production.

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In California, the number of gallons of water needed to produce 1
edible pound of:

        Tomatoes  23
        Lettuce   23
        Potatoes  24
        Wheat     25
        Carrots   33
        Apples    49
        Oranges   65
        Grapes    70
        Milk     130
        Egg      544
        Chicken  815
        Pork    1630
        Beef    5214

It takes 1 year to use 5200 gallons of water showering 5 times/week,
5 minutes/shower, 4 gallons/minute.

© 1995 Peter Langston