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There are better ways to save water than missing a shower
once a week (Debate, 18/1/07).
To provide one day's food for a meat eater requires about
15,000 litres of water. To feed a lacto-ovo vegetarian requires
only around one-third of this amount, about 4500 litres,
while for a pure vegetarian ('vegan' - who eats no animal
products) it only takes about 1000 litres.
Recently the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute reported
that 70% of all water diverted from rivers and pumped from
underground is used for irrigation, much of it to produce
grain for livestock. Around the world, more and more water
is used for raising animals instead of producing crops for
direct human consumption, while rivers are dying and underground
sources running dry.
As Ed Ayres of the Worldwatch Institute says: "Pass up
one hamburger and you'll save as much water as you save
by taking 40 showers with a low-flow nozzle."
Hear this, Alf Parker? Go vegetarian for good and you can
happily shower every day for the rest of your life.
Vegetarian Action
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