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Producing a pound of beef requires 2,000 gallons, vs 138 gallons for a pound of wheat: http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1143/beef-the-king-of-the-big-water-footpr
by miles 10y ago
Producing a pound of beef requires 2,000 gallons, vs 138 gallons for a pound of wheat: http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1143/beef-the-king-of-the-big-water-footprints http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1143/beef-the-king-of-the-big...
- d0mine 10y agoI see numbers from 441 to ~12,000 gallons that does not inspire confidence in the estimation methods. No doubt beef requires much more water than wheat but let's not oversimplify.
- holyOrIonsBelt 10y agoThe cow also walks to the water, the wheat, not so much. Plus, milk. Does wheat produce a sugar laden liquid that can be replenished by the cow every few days that is macrobiotic as all get out? And yes, I know about beer.
- tzs 10y agoIt's not clear to me that such numbers are meaningful, because most of that water does not stay in the cow. It is just temporarily in the cow, and should eventually become available for other uses.