From The Hallelujah Health Tip "The Food Revolution"--A Book Review
(Conclusion)
November 8, 2001

* Water required to produce . . . 1 pound of lettuce or
tomatoes: 23 gallons

* Water required to produce 1 pound of beef: 5,214 gallons

Blake


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Orlando" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:27 AM
Subject: 12000 gallons - I was wrong


> I used 26.8 million, not billion.
>
> Using billion, the numbers are:
>
> 26.8 billion pounds of beef produced in US (recent year)
> 312000000000000 = above pounds times 12000 gallons
>
> total water usage in US = 408,000 million gallons per day
> 148920000000000 = water usage in US per year.
>
> thereby validating matt ball instead
>
> problem may be in the definition of "usage", or miscalculation of
> researchers, who knows.
>
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> "Thomas E. Billings" <[log in to unmask]>@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> on
> 11/08/2001 10:31:13 AM
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> Please respond to Raw Food Diet Support List
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> Sent by:  Raw Food Diet Support List <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject:  Re: new article shows 12000 gallons
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>
> the article was discussed on the veganoutreach.org bulletin
> boards. Those boards were retired, but Matt Ball (of Vegan
> Outreach) did a quick calculation:
>
> (# pounds of beef produced in 1 year) X 12K = total_water
>
> and it turned out that total_water was greater than the sum
> of all water used in the US, in a year! Thus this claim is dubious
> and probably another exaggeration.
>
> The Vegan Outreach boards are no longer online, but perhaps they
> will put the calculations back up someday in an FAQ or other
> document?
>
> Tom Billings
>