Did you know it takes?
70,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of beef!
16,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of microchips!
11,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of cotton textile!
2,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of wheat!
1,000 liters of water to produce 1 liter of milk!
Out of twelve peer nations Canada, United States and Germany are the largest users of water, which is around 300 liters per person per day, and also pay the least rates for water. The Federation of Municipalities estimates the 20% of drinking water is lost to leaks. Household’s in city’s across Canada pay aproximatly $2.25 per cubic meter while industries using 6,000 liters or more a month pay 30% less at $1.59 per m3. In Toronto and Calgary the biggest 120 user’s get their rates dropped by 30-40%! This is designed to keep and attract jobs through industry.
The sad part is that city’s across Canada spend millions of dollars on making our tap water safe enough for us to drink and most people drink bottled water! You say what is the big deal? If you drink from those little plastic bottles, use plastic sandwich bags, well; the petroleum industry used 864 million cubic meters of water in 2007. It all adds up.
It’s a mad circle if we don’t use, things such as water, plastic bottles, drive cars, burn gasoline, coal, we save the environment, but put people out of work. So how do we save jobs, keep our economy going, and keep our life style and most important save our planet that we are so lucky to live on, when we look up into the sky with our powerful telescopes and see no other livable planet. It’s up to us!
Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com
UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
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