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“I feel young, but my body doesn't agree.”

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Bryant Gumbel is an American journalist renowned for his television career. He has hosted several well-known television shows and has been honored for his contributions to journalism. more

“Just as Americans have discovered the hidden energy costs in a multitude of products-in refrigerating a steak, for example, on its way to the butcher-they are about to discover the hidden water costs. Beginning with the water that irrigated the corn that was fed to the steer, the steak may have accounted for 3,500 gallons. The water that goes into a 1,000-pound steer would float a destroyer. It takes 14,935 gallons of water to grow a bushel of wheat, 60,000 gallons to produce a ton of steel, 120 gallons to put a single egg on the breakfast table.”

Way May Science Energy Grows Water Example Produce Products Cost Tables Productions Pounds Eggs Feds Breakfast Multitudes Steel Floats Corn Steers Wheat Steak Destroyers Butchers Gallons

Author:Jerry Adler

“Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.”

Science Water Enthusiasm Freeze

Author:George Iles

“Our studies have shown that all cases of typhoid of this type have arisen by contact, that is, carried directly from one person to another. There was no trace of a connection to drinking water.”

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Author:Robert Koch

“Pervasive depletion and overuse of water supplies, the high capital cost of new large water projects, rising pumping costs and worsening ecological damage call for a shift in the way water is valued, used and managed.”

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Book:Conserving water: the untapped alternative

Source: Conserving water: the untapped alternative

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