Have you ever thought of how much water is being used in making products? Here are some examples:

Including water used to grow the ingredients, it takes:
8 gallons of water to make a cup of tea.
20 gallons of water to make a pint of beer.
85 – 130 gallons of water to make a two liter bottle of Coca-Cola.
505 gallons of water to make a pair of stonewashed Levi’s 501 jeans.
700 gallons of water to produce a cotton T-shirt.
35 gallons of water to make a cup of coffee
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5,500 gallons of water to produce two pounds of roasted coffee.
630 gallons of water to produce a hamburger. The bulk is used to grow grain for cattle feed.

Two-thirds of the world’s population is projected to face water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations. In the U.S., water managers in 36 states anticipate shortages by 2013, a General Accounting Office report shows. (more…)

Every black cloud……….

In the western United States over the past few decades, wildfires have/are
burning more area for longer periods of time. Scientists have correlated the
rampant blazes with warmer temperatures and earlier snow melt.

The global average temperature in the past 100 years has risen 1.3 degrees F. (more…)