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According to the WWF (http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/TED/change.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/TED/change.html) it takes 53 gallons of water to mak
by maukdaddy 16y ago
According to the WWF (http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/TED/change.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/TED/change.html) it takes 53 gallons of water to make 1 latte. A great deal of this water is used in making the cup. So why use all that water for a product that gets trashed?
- ars 16y agoWe use water for lots of things. Why are we focusing on the cup? There are much better places to conserve water. Crop irrigation, and getting rid of septic systems would be where I would start. Don't grow crops in places where you need to irrigate (or at least reduce it), and septic systems waste water, instead of recycling it like a sewer does.
- robryan 16y agoI think that for a company that is supplying billions of cups a year that end up in landfill focusing on the cup should be a priority.
- Retric 16y agoThe cost of 1 gallon of water is something like 1/100th of a cent in most areas. If you want people to conserve water increase its cost, anything else and it will just be "wasted" somewhere else. http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/semiconductors.html http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/semiconductors.htm... Note: $27 per acre-foot = 0.008 cents per gallon.