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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe world already would be out of water if everyone ate like Americans
If the rest of the world ate like Americans, the planet would have run out of freshwater 15 years ago, according to the worlds largest food company.
In private, Nestle executives told U.S. officials that the world is on a collision course with doom because Americans eat too much meat, and now, other countries are following suit, according to a secret U.S. report titled Tour DHorizon with Nestle: Forget the Global Financial Crisis, the World Is Running Out of Fresh Water.
Producing a pound of meat requires a tremendous amount of water because farmers use tons of crops such as corn and soy to feed each animal, which require tens of thousands of gallons of water to grow. It is far more efficient when people eat the corn or soy directly.
The planet is a on a potentially catastrophic course as billions of people in countries such as India and China begin eating more beef, chicken and pork like their counterparts in Western countries, according to the 2009 report released by Wikileaks and first reported by Reveal at The Center for Investigative Reporting in a cache of water-related classified documents. The Chinese now eat about half as much meat as Americans, Australians and Europeans, a figure that continues to rapidly rise as more Chinese are lifted out of poverty and into the middle class.
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Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)So strange. Where do they think the water would have gone?
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)It doesn't leave, it just relocates.
malaise
(269,057 posts)otherwise good read
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)... I find the hyperbolic language they are using to be disconcerting.
There is no doubt whatsoever that our voracious appetite for meat creates ripples in food and water distribution, but that article had me saying, "Whaaaat?" over and over again.
We can state facts without the hype
kpete
(71,996 posts)Nestle is not to be trusted.....
peace,
kp
astrophuss42
(290 posts)But it costs a ton and few people are as surrounded by farmland. I think transportation cost is another part that is unhelpful.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Talking about water shortages while draining public aquifers for private profit? CEO saying that access to water is not a public or human right? Corporate scum!
Here's Nestle's extensive list of US brands. Join us in a total boycott of everything Nestle. It isn't always easy, because they're everywhere, but it is possible.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)The world has all the fresh water it needs, but it's just in the wrong places.....and they will fix it for a small nominal price
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)where in the hell do they think the cream comes from. How much water do they think a 1200 pound cow drinks a day just to produce 8 gallons of raw milk a day. just drink water instead of milk or eating other milk products.