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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.




"Thomas E. Billings" <[log in to unmask]>@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> on
11/08/2001 10:31:13 AM

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Subject:  Re: new article shows 12000 gallons


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

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