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The Average American   [Humor]

By: Michael Kahn       
Date: Jan 23,2007 at 04:53
In Response to: The Average American (Steve Fields)

> How about this revelation:
> The average American consumes 1,500 pounds of food each year. 1,000
> gallons of water are required to grow and process each pound of that food.
> This means that in the U.S., in a single year, an average of 1.5 million
> gallons of water is invested in the food eaten by just one person. This
> 200,000-cubic-feet-plus of water-per-person would be enough to cover a
> football field four feet deep.

> I guess I'm way above average.
> ~ ~ ~ Steve Fields

Did you count the water in the waves before your name?

../Michael

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