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baqlast Monday at 4:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

how much is it in burgers and steaks? serious question


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tobyjsullivanlast Monday at 5:30 PM

Don’t forget cotton.

234 m3 per tonne, of clean water.

25M tonnes per year.

=> 16M m3 of clean water per day

Edit: convert to comparable units

CGMthrowawaylast Monday at 5:43 PM

Philadelphia? 80K m3 water for 10K lbs beef per day. But that's not potable water, which is a lot of what data centers are using