Asked to estimate how much water was used to produce a pound each of sugar, rice, cheese and coffee, the survey respondents said they were all about the same. In reality, the staples require vastly different amounts of water: 157 gallons were required to make a pound of sugar; 299 gallons for a pound of rice; 606 gallons for a pound of cheese and a whopping 2,264 gallons for a pound of coffee. latimes/science/sciencenow/la-americans-underestimate-personal-water-usage-study-says-20140227,0,3836890.story
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 02:51:15 +0000
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