HDRider
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We tend to blame the exurban sprawl dweller for water waste. The profligate of the cul-de-sac, he obsesses over car washes, floods the Kentucky bluegrass on his lawn, tops off his swimming pool, takes the kids to water parks, and tees off at green golf courses tended among cacti. He is the wrong object of our ire,
We'd do better to look at what we eat when casting about for villains of the water drama. Food production consumes more fresh water than any other activity in the United States. "Within agriculture in the West, the thirstiest commodity is the cow," :cowboy:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1209 ... k-industry
We'd do better to look at what we eat when casting about for villains of the water drama. Food production consumes more fresh water than any other activity in the United States. "Within agriculture in the West, the thirstiest commodity is the cow," :cowboy:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1209 ... k-industry