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Water is a natural resource. Food hasn't been a natural resource since the invention of agriculture. You also seem to be unaware of the difference in scale.
by octoberfranklin 6y ago
Water is a natural resource. Food hasn't been a natural resource since the invention of agriculture.
You also seem to be unaware of the difference in scale. The average American uses between 500kg and 1000kg of water per day. The weight (and volume) of food they eat isn't even in the same ballpark. There is almost a 100x difference here.
- sokoloff 6y agoI can imagine that’s the average household consumption of water, but seems a multiple of the individual consumption.
- sparrc 6y agoGrowing and raising food requires a huge amount more water than it's literal weight once it sits on your dinner plate. As another commenter has already mentioned, most water goes to rural areas for farming, and within farming most of the water is being used for producing beef, dairy, and pork.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago> Growing and raising food requires a huge amount more water than it's literal weight once it sits on your dinner plate. ... which is why the growing is done near the water source and fertile soil. If the soil and water aren't in the same place you move the water, because the soil is even more massive and volumous. I think you've missed the point of this thread. It isn't about what we do or don't do, but about where we do it.