tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post163781533046101609..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Global water shortageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-57974980132181455412010-04-10T11:47:15.837-07:002010-04-10T11:47:15.837-07:00We have rainbarrels & use them to water the ga...We have rainbarrels & use them to water the garden. But after having over 1 foot of rain in the last month (yes, a FOOT) I am so ready for a dry spell I could scream ;)Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966635356188563731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8313487965485090852010-04-09T16:16:42.996-07:002010-04-09T16:16:42.996-07:00Very aware of water use, always looking for ways t...Very aware of water use, always looking for ways to cut further.<br /><br />Wholeheartedly agree with "Cadillac Desert" rec. Was assigned a couple of chapters for my history of ecology class, but ended up devouring the whole thing. Great, great read.Shananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-1861434199209278432010-04-08T07:59:47.185-07:002010-04-08T07:59:47.185-07:00same- we get so much water here that I don't t...same- we get so much water here that I don't think about it beyond the human rights- water is not a commodity issue.<br /><br />Except I thought about it this morning when Five Seed wrote about ways to decrease shower-water usage. I suck at this.<br /><br />nice reminder. :)Eco Yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693080137196812405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46034286069588263242010-04-08T06:29:07.955-07:002010-04-08T06:29:07.955-07:00Hmmm.. Check out this Mother Jones chart on Water....Hmmm.. Check out this Mother Jones chart on Water. They had a spread on water in the fall, but I found this chart the most to the point it gets. Rethink those jeans, and according to this, one pound of cheese requires 599 gallons of water! YIKES! I think we are all using more than our water bill shows.<br />http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/07/big-gulp<br />Interesting that a pint of beer Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009607199963927767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59256938872946416342010-04-07T19:54:28.059-07:002010-04-07T19:54:28.059-07:00Kate, Owlfan,
I don't think the 150 gallons m...Kate, Owlfan,<br /><br />I don't think the 150 gallons means that is what your water meter says.<br /><br />Did you notice the impact of a kilo (2.2 lbs) of beef? 4,226.8 gallons. How many times a month to you purchase 2 1/4 pound of beef - adding the 4,226.8 gallons to your monthly water "usage". Or eat a hamburger or two, that adds up (the uncooked weight, that is).<br /><br />Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41894570785104793102010-04-07T17:36:57.656-07:002010-04-07T17:36:57.656-07:00We have periodic drought periods here in OK. I wa...We have periodic drought periods here in OK. I was concerned enough about water to buy 850 gallons worth of rain tanks, and that's what we use to water our garden. <br /><br />When I calculate out our water bill, we each use about 22 - 33 gal. per day. But is that 150 gallons figure something that includes our "footprint" of consumption - that water included in what we eat, buy, Peak Oil Hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474901509039914502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-29443228742597640312010-04-07T14:04:54.244-07:002010-04-07T14:04:54.244-07:00We're in North Texas and have been through sev...We're in North Texas and have been through several droughts where ranchers sold their cattle because they couldn't afford to feed them.<br /><br />I'm probably more conscious of water waste than the average person. That said, I have a full rain barrel and a patio lined with 5-gallon buckets full of rain water from LAST year.<br /><br />As soon as I started collecting rain water we Oldnovicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714134603537886606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-42351579560342750742010-04-07T11:07:36.474-07:002010-04-07T11:07:36.474-07:00I was going to say that surely we use more househo...I was going to say that surely we use more household water than we're aware of; then I looked at our water bill and calculated that as a family of 4, with 2 adults, one 3 yr old and one 3 month old, that during the time I was home on family leave and doing at least one load of laundry daily, washing dishes daily, flushing most of the time (my son won't pee into a toilet that has pee in itColleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59208227546468271022010-04-07T10:11:54.686-07:002010-04-07T10:11:54.686-07:00Actually, I hear the per person water figure is mu...Actually, I hear the per person water figure is much higher once one takes into account the water used in creating our food, producing ethanol for gas, etc. Lester Brown's book "Plan B 4.0" shows a great deal of data on how water/food are our most critical global problem today. Our environmental issues are inseparable from them. The Earth Policy Institute website has the 4.0 Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5625824668695584312010-04-07T09:51:45.324-07:002010-04-07T09:51:45.324-07:00I think about it mostly in terms of what we buy th...I think about it mostly in terms of what we buy that's imported - mangos are a big water user in the places they're produced, and we love them.<br /> <br />At home we do some water-reuse (watering plants with shower water, having a rainbarrel) but our big thing is not the total amount available but management - flood management, drought management, runoff management, contamination Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84207798236219697242010-04-07T09:32:45.013-07:002010-04-07T09:32:45.013-07:00That 150 gallon figure must include lawn watering,...That 150 gallon figure must include lawn watering, swimming pools, or something. I wonder what the average would be if you took those two things out of the calculations?<br /><br />Also, beef raised on irrigated corn might use 4226.8 gallons per kilo, but not if it's raised on pasture. Matron of Husbandry http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/ calculate that her pasture-raised beef has a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84322417462736790902010-04-07T09:21:34.641-07:002010-04-07T09:21:34.641-07:00i'm very aware of my water usage, mostly becau...i'm very aware of my water usage, mostly because i live on a boat on a mooring field, which means we have no water hook-ups. we have to fill water jugs on land and carry them to the boat to fill our water tank. we use about 25 gallons every two weeks. of course that doesn't include showers... last week we had an overnight guest and he left the water running while he was brushing his Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778643710669049851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24837158735621613692010-04-07T08:48:15.277-07:002010-04-07T08:48:15.277-07:00I can't say it's at the top of my list of ...I can't say it's at the top of my list of major concerns - I live in a town that gets a fair amount of rain and on the edge of two large lakes in Ontario.<br />The stats I read really made me take becoming vegetarian into serious consideration.<br />I typically think about preserving water when doing laundry, dishes, showering and brushing my teeth. I don't buy bottled water unless itphabulous_phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483558456305799095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-18282441664268817922010-04-07T08:25:46.226-07:002010-04-07T08:25:46.226-07:00I think that globally it is a very, very important...I think that globally it is a very, very important issue. I remember years ago watching some show (I think it was on PBS and was a round table sort of discussion) and this one scientist was saying that water will be what World War III is about. I was a bit skeptical, but that idea has stayed with me.<br /><br />When we lived in Phoenix, I was more concerned about water. I don't think Phoenix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66909721585119099152010-04-07T08:25:32.331-07:002010-04-07T08:25:32.331-07:00I've just read the national geographic special...I've just read the national geographic special issue out on newsstands now that is all about the global water crisis. Not very cheerful reading I'm afraid but probably important. Part of my long term plan here on the homestead is for water security. I want ten thousand gallon cistern and capability to filter rainwater for drinking. And it rains here even more than in Seattle!! But we all Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-32489663827636367672010-04-07T08:06:04.809-07:002010-04-07T08:06:04.809-07:00I am very aware of it. We live in Arizona and it ...I am very aware of it. We live in Arizona and it drives me crazy to live here. No one cares that water is scarce, they think it will last forever.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039512138644513340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-19219679803003279142010-04-07T07:47:31.726-07:002010-04-07T07:47:31.726-07:00After all the flooding here, it seems far down the...After all the flooding here, it seems far down the list of concens. But last night our well pump went out, so we don't have running water right now... helps me take water issues more seriously and be thankful I breastfeed.Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4097589913465699962010-04-07T07:44:42.002-07:002010-04-07T07:44:42.002-07:00Living in the Bayou City, one need only walk out t...Living in the Bayou City, one need only walk out the door to see the nearest creek bed. Am I worried about water sortage? No. I am worried about what we are doing to our water. I worry about the crap that gets dumped by all the oil refinaries and just your every day people who are too lazy to carry their to go bags to the nearest trash can. The global water shortage is something that is in the Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-70479686072438821462010-04-07T06:26:58.646-07:002010-04-07T06:26:58.646-07:00I can't imagine using 150 gallons per person p...I can't imagine using 150 gallons per person per day. We rarely hit that for a family of 4 - really only when it is very dry and we are watering the blueberry plants.owlfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864203297228110988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-22102097223046060192010-04-07T06:10:08.137-07:002010-04-07T06:10:08.137-07:00Living in central California, it's hard not to...Living in central California, it's hard not to notice that we have water issues. I admit that water use isn't my top priority, but we've been making efforts to cut back further on water use (especially since the new water meter goes into use this month).<br /><br />I do get upity with neighbors over their water use (watering on city-wide "no water" days, hosing down entire Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11555211840325397458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-62291025939077612010-04-07T05:18:27.950-07:002010-04-07T05:18:27.950-07:00As for you, it's pretty far down my list of pr...As for you, it's pretty far down my list of priorities. I try to be mindful of it. We do have a dual-flush, low flow toilet, and we do let thing mellow. But I'm not in a water scarce area and we don't even have a meter, let alone get a water bill. We have our own well, so the only cost to us is for the electricity needed to pump it into our home. <br /><br />I was going to say Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9364385830350689542010-04-07T00:49:44.813-07:002010-04-07T00:49:44.813-07:00Makes you wonder how Pepsi Co, Coca Cola, Nestle a...Makes you wonder how Pepsi Co, Coca Cola, Nestle and others get away with the Bottled Water and wasting the water resource like they do. SAY NO TO BOTTLED WATERRobj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-55156408369478015852010-04-07T00:04:50.832-07:002010-04-07T00:04:50.832-07:00we had almost 3 months without rain in my town. it...we had almost 3 months without rain in my town. it was the longest drought i remember. sure made us realise the importance of water. thankfully the rain has come a few days backPenny Baskethttp://pennybasket.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com