Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Page #2
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about 1500 gallons per person per day.
About half of that is related to the
consumption of meat and dairy products.
So meat and dairy products
are incredibly water-intensive...
...in part because the animals are using
very water-intensive grains.
That's what they eat, and so...
...all of the water embedded in the grain
and that the animal eats...
...essentially is considered part...
...of the virtual water footprint
of that product.
I found out that one quarter-pound
hamburger requires...
...over 660 gallons of water to produce.
Here I've been taking
these short showers to save water...
...and to find out just eating
one hamburger is the equivalent...
...of showering two entire months.
So much attention is given
Yet domestic water use is 5 percent
of what is consumed in the U.S...
...versus 55 percent
for animal agriculture.
That's because it takes upwards
of 2500 gallons of water...
...to produce 1 pound of beef.
I went on the government's
Department of Water Resources...
...Save Our Water campaign. It outlines
behavior changes to conserve water.
Like using low-flow shower heads,
efficient toilets...
...water-saving appliances,
and fix leaky faucets and sprinkler heads.
But nothing about animal agriculture.
When I added up all
the government's recommendations...
...I was saving 47 gallons a day.
But still that's not even close
to the 660 gallons...
...of water for just one burger.
I wanted to see if I could talk
with the government about this.
Just calling to see
if we could schedule an interview.
Yeah, that would be good.
What does your schedule look like
this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon?
- Tomorrow afternoon.
- Tomorrow afternoon could be good.
For the urban environment, a lot of
things can be done. Indoors, you know...
...using low-flow shower heads,
low-flow faucets...
...efficient toilets...
...efficient water-using appliances.
All of those are really good areas
that can help quite a lot.
is from outdoors.
We have to be mindful of the way
we use water.
We have to use it efficiently,
protect its quality...
...and be good stewards
of the environment that depend on water.
And checking the sprinklers.
A lot of times you get a lot of leaks...
...and broken sprinklers
and things like that that waste water.
Those are the areas that there is
a lot of room for conservation.
It kept on coming up a lot,
was animal agriculture.
Can you comment on that at all,
about how much that plays a role...
...in water consumption and pollution?
That's-I mean, that's not my area.
There's one study that found
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