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[quote=AL32,263743]MLK was a bright man.

She'sgottobe: oceans have salt water which is not very useful for ever expending cities. Salt water cannot be used to feed our need in fresh water; you'd have to de-salt it and that (although not 'impossinle') is HIGHLY pricy. We might have to that just that at some point, but for now, there's no way that cities (or you and I) can afford it. So it's really not simple as that. Water supply is a much lager problem than almost anyone thinks.

JCNILE123: it's funny that you took the example of SJZ, because it's the town I'm living in right now. [Maybe you knew it from one of my previous post...anyway...]. Yes, Northern China seems to be under a great deal of pressure already as far as water goes and I won't even venture on environmental problems like air, water and soil pollution. Desertification is at the door step and that economic growth will soon bite!

Here's also some interesting food for thought I found in a couple clicks:

"To date, probably the most reliable and widely-accepted water estimate to produce a pound of beef is the figure of 2,500 gallons/pound. Newsweek once put it another way: "the water that goes into a 1,000 pound steer would float a destroyer."

"Our taste for meat is costly in terms of water, Pimentel noted. Producing a pound of animal protein requires, on average, about 100 times more water than producing a pound of vegetable protein. But some animals are thriftier, he noted: Whereas growing the grain to feed cattle requires 12,000 gallons of water for every pound of beef, chicken can be produced for "only" 420 gallons of water per pound of meat."

...and we're not even talking about about how big of a problem the cows disgestion system is... search the forum and read about the kangoroos poop story somewhere... If you think cars are a problem for global warming, you might be surprised to know how much the four-legged friends are contributing to the problem.

...not a very happy subject to discuss and learn more I tell you!![/quote]

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