science now: Is Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?
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karla cook
Feb 14, 2012, 10:47:43 AM2/14/12
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http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/02/is-agriculture-sucking-fresh-wat.html
The average American uses enough water each year to fill an Olympic-
sized swimming pool, and global agriculture consumes a whopping 92% of
all fresh water used annually. Those are the conclusions of the most
comprehensive analysis to date of global water use, which also finds
that one-fifth of humankind’s water consumption flows across
international borders as “virtual water”—the water needed to produce a
commodity, such as meat or electronics, if the ultimate consumers were
to make it themselves rather than outsource its growth or
manufacture....
The average American uses enough water each year to fill an Olympic-
sized swimming pool, and global agriculture consumes a whopping 92% of
all fresh water used annually. Those are the conclusions of the most
comprehensive analysis to date of global water use, which also finds
that one-fifth of humankind’s water consumption flows across
international borders as “virtual water”—the water needed to produce a
commodity, such as meat or electronics, if the ultimate consumers were
to make it themselves rather than outsource its growth or
manufacture....
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