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How is a human consuming 27 gallons of water in an 8 hour work shift?
by what 8mo ago
How is a human consuming 27 gallons of water in an 8 hour work shift?
- DoctorOetker 8mo agoSince their example scales the water consumption with their electricity consumption one may conclude it was the fresh water consumed (evaporated) during production of the electricity. Gaseous H2O is an even more potent GHG than CO2.
- keeda 8mo agoThis includes things like drinking, sanitation, etc. Derived the number from here: https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts Mostly lines up with this reference too, which focuses only on water usage at work: https://quench.culligan.com/blog/average-water-usage-per-person-in-offices/ https://quench.culligan.com/blog/average-water-usage-per-per...
- missingdays 8mo agoOne burger for lunch is 660 gallons of water. So 27 is actually a very huge underestimation