Usage of water
Did you know 70% of the global usage of water goes to agriculture?
And did you know how much water is wasted to produce...
- 1 sheet of paper - 1 litre of water
- 1 litre of petrol - 10 l
- 1 kg of sugar - 100 l
- 1 cup of coffee - 140 l
- 1 egg - 200 l
- 1 kg of rice - 2400 l
- 1 kg of chicken - 6000 l
- 1 kg of meat - 15000 l
- 1 car - 1,2 million litres of water
Doesn't it sound wrong?
Source: Veja Magazine, 30/01/2008
Labels: Sustainability, World Issues
posted by Gabi Werner @ 5:39 PM
1 Comments:
It does seem crazy. In Brisbane we're limited to 140L per person per day because of the drought, which is down from over 300L before we had water issues. But its a far cry from 140L for a cup of coffee - i'm glad i've stopped drinking so much of it.
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