4 ms·

Wastewater, perhaps?

tpmx 7y ago
That would be silly/stupid. But then again, that seems to be the standard for environmental reporting these days. The most catastrophic-sounding headline gets the most clicks.
thrwaway69 7y ago
I wonder about that. Is excretion considered a form of waste? My usage of water shouldn't exceed 400 kgs per month. That includes drinking, bathing, flushing, cleaning, cooking and washing hands (I even have a weird habit of doing that excessively). You can't get that much wasted water from that usage. Actually, I noticed the word average just now. I am packing my bags.
- esotericn 7y ago
  Tons of water is used in manufacturing.
- munificent 7y ago
  > You can't get that much wasted water from that usage. You also need to factor in the wastewater to produce all of the other products you consume. That produce you bought at the store and rinsed yourself was also likely washed several times along the supply chain before it got to you. That one bottle of beer you drank? The bottle has been washed several times, inside and out, along with the vat the beer was brewed in, every single pipe and tool that was used to process or shunt it, etc.
  - thrwaway69 7y ago
    If I did that with everything, not just water. It would be way more waste than 1 tonne. What about frequently checking replies page out of FOMA? What about the content I watch or read? The anime I watched last took lot to produce and there is no doubt, people wasted shit ton of paper along with other things are? That is quite a lot of waste in terms of energy.
    - munificent 7y ago
      Those are different because that waste gets amortized across a large number of consumers.
- jessriedel 7y ago
  All those things you mentioned are part of residential water usage, which is just 5% of society's freshwater usage. Industry (the products you buy) uses a similar amount alone. Dwarfing residential and industry is agriculture (42%, the food you buy) and energy generation (34%, the electrical power). https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/top-us-freshwater-use-by-industry https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/top-us-fresh...

tpmx 7y ago

That would be silly/stupid. But then again, that seems to be the standard for environmental reporting these days. The most catastrophic-sounding headline gets the most clicks.

thrwaway69 7y ago

I wonder about that. Is excretion considered a form of waste? My usage of water shouldn't exceed 400 kgs per month. That includes drinking, bathing, flushing, cleaning, cooking and washing hands (I even have a weird habit of doing that excessively). You can't get that much wasted water from that usage. Actually, I noticed the word average just now. I am packing my bags.

esotericn 7y ago
Tons of water is used in manufacturing.
munificent 7y ago
> You can't get that much wasted water from that usage. You also need to factor in the wastewater to produce all of the other products you consume. That produce you bought at the store and rinsed yourself was also likely washed several times along the supply chain before it got to you. That one bottle of beer you drank? The bottle has been washed several times, inside and out, along with the vat the beer was brewed in, every single pipe and tool that was used to process or shunt it, etc.
- thrwaway69 7y ago
  If I did that with everything, not just water. It would be way more waste than 1 tonne. What about frequently checking replies page out of FOMA? What about the content I watch or read? The anime I watched last took lot to produce and there is no doubt, people wasted shit ton of paper along with other things are? That is quite a lot of waste in terms of energy.
  - munificent 7y ago
    Those are different because that waste gets amortized across a large number of consumers.
jessriedel 7y ago
All those things you mentioned are part of residential water usage, which is just 5% of society's freshwater usage. Industry (the products you buy) uses a similar amount alone. Dwarfing residential and industry is agriculture (42%, the food you buy) and energy generation (34%, the electrical power). https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/top-us-freshwater-use-by-industry https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/top-us-fresh...