Just leaned that it takes 50 gallons of water to produce one chicken egg like you buy in the grocery store in 12 packs, so full of protein!
How the mathematicians figure this kind of thing out, I don't know.
Now I feel really bad about the day I forgot I had four eggs on the boil and, by the time I came back from walking the dog, they had exploded and were all over the kitchen wall!
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Showing posts with label water conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water conservation. Show all posts
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2/9/15
SUB GLACIAL LAKES OF GREENLAND ARE MISSING BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER
ABC - MYSTERY OF GREENLANDS DISAPPEARING LAKES
EXCERPT: Scientists are baffled after two lakes in Greenland were mysteriously drained of billions of gallons of water.
EXCERPT: Scientists are baffled after two lakes in Greenland were mysteriously drained of billions of gallons of water.
One lake was so large that a mile-wide crater was left behind after it was drained in the span of a few weeks. Another sub-glacial lake has been filled and emptied twice in the last two years. ... Ian Howat, a professor at Ohio State University, who studied the lake that left behind a mile-wide crater, said the findings of the study were "catastrophic."
Siren here!
.... TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE WITH MAPS OF THE MISSING LAKES!
1/12/15
WATER RUNNING DOWN THE STREET - PLASTIC AND GLASS BOTTLES EVERYWHERE
This morning I saw water running down the street. I walked a couple blocks to try and find its source and then called the local water company to report a leakage. The water seemed to be coming from inside a warehouse that was locked up so maybe a broken pipe. A leak like this can mean the loss of thousands of gallons of much needed water and massive bills for the owner of the pipe.
When I walk down the street I also pick up any bottles and cans, plastic, aluminum, and glass, that are laying around. I wonder about people who litter. Don't they care? Are they ignorant or do they really intend to leave a mess?
I've noticed that if I don't pick up a glass bottle it will be broken the next time I walk past it, meaning it has become a real hazard, especially for the dogs!
WATER CONSERVATION is important and thinking about it I think about all the creatures that live in a water environment.
When I walk down the street I also pick up any bottles and cans, plastic, aluminum, and glass, that are laying around. I wonder about people who litter. Don't they care? Are they ignorant or do they really intend to leave a mess?
I've noticed that if I don't pick up a glass bottle it will be broken the next time I walk past it, meaning it has become a real hazard, especially for the dogs!
WATER CONSERVATION is important and thinking about it I think about all the creatures that live in a water environment.
12/28/14
SAVING WATER... BOTONICAL DIE OUT IS A CONSEQUENCE...CAN YOU SAVE MORE?
I recently went to the grocer to buy oranges and they were $1.59 a pound. I realized that citrus takes a lot of water to produce juicy fruit and that the price per pound was about the cost of water.
So how are we doing at saving water?
In my neighborhood, lawns, trees, bushes, and other plant life is dying because watering twice a week isn't enough water. I hear people with dry coughs coughing everywhere I go as well, and I think it's because there is more dry dirt and dust in the air now that lawns are dying out.
The local water company is giving money back to people who get rid of thirsty lawns and plant drought tolerant plants instead, but instead I see people spending hundreds of dollars to cement in once grassy or garden areas.
Of course we must have water for drinking and water for agriculture, even more than we need water for bathing.
So sink bath between showers, shut the shower off when you are soaping or shampooing, and continue to save water.
So how are we doing at saving water?
In my neighborhood, lawns, trees, bushes, and other plant life is dying because watering twice a week isn't enough water. I hear people with dry coughs coughing everywhere I go as well, and I think it's because there is more dry dirt and dust in the air now that lawns are dying out.
The local water company is giving money back to people who get rid of thirsty lawns and plant drought tolerant plants instead, but instead I see people spending hundreds of dollars to cement in once grassy or garden areas.
Of course we must have water for drinking and water for agriculture, even more than we need water for bathing.
So sink bath between showers, shut the shower off when you are soaping or shampooing, and continue to save water.
11/5/14
MORE WAYS TO SAVE WATER! by SIREN! SIREN'S LINK TO SEA!
1) When you make tea and don't drink it all, use it to water plants.
2) Since coffee grounds are good fertilizer for acid loving plants, which includes geraniums, go ahead and pour undrunk coffee cold (without sugar or creamer or milk) to water plants.
3) Clean but for your hair? Consider brushing it, allowing the natural oils to accumulate an extra day, and wear a scarf over your hair, or braid it. For some this is a deliberate "bad hair day," but your hair and scalp sometimes need a day off from shampoos, conditioners, and all the rest.
4) Do less laundry or less often. If an item of clothing isn't smelly or truly dirty, consider airing it out and wearing it a second time before you put it into the laundry.
5) When hand washing dishes, be sure you aren't wasting water as you rinse. Soap dishes and set aside soaped up, then rinse a load all together. You do want all the soap off the dishes since you don't want to ingest it, but this method should use less water than rinsing items one at a time or letting the water run.
2) Since coffee grounds are good fertilizer for acid loving plants, which includes geraniums, go ahead and pour undrunk coffee cold (without sugar or creamer or milk) to water plants.
3) Clean but for your hair? Consider brushing it, allowing the natural oils to accumulate an extra day, and wear a scarf over your hair, or braid it. For some this is a deliberate "bad hair day," but your hair and scalp sometimes need a day off from shampoos, conditioners, and all the rest.
4) Do less laundry or less often. If an item of clothing isn't smelly or truly dirty, consider airing it out and wearing it a second time before you put it into the laundry.
5) When hand washing dishes, be sure you aren't wasting water as you rinse. Soap dishes and set aside soaped up, then rinse a load all together. You do want all the soap off the dishes since you don't want to ingest it, but this method should use less water than rinsing items one at a time or letting the water run.
4/2/14
PYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON are BIOLOGICAL PUMPS OF THE OCEAN
AMAGEST : NEW STUDY FINDS HOW OCEANS ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, analyzed data of ocean life and observed how the organic matters are used in producing carbon dioxide inside water.
Director of the Earth Research Institute at University of California, Oceanographer David Siegel, and his colleagues analyzed the role of excrement from phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Pytoplankton and zooplankton are tiny little animals placed at the bottom of the food chain.
The new study is published in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal titled as “Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food-web models.”
Researchers say the biological pump of the ocean export organic carbon into the deep ocean from the upper part through sinking particulate matter and mostly from the zooplankton feces and aggregates of algae.
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, analyzed data of ocean life and observed how the organic matters are used in producing carbon dioxide inside water.
Director of the Earth Research Institute at University of California, Oceanographer David Siegel, and his colleagues analyzed the role of excrement from phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Pytoplankton and zooplankton are tiny little animals placed at the bottom of the food chain.
The new study is published in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal titled as “Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food-web models.”
Researchers say the biological pump of the ocean export organic carbon into the deep ocean from the upper part through sinking particulate matter and mostly from the zooplankton feces and aggregates of algae.
10/7/09
BE WATER WISE DOT COM
Want to learn how to conserve water? (Does this mean not showering every day and loading up on perfume?)
What's a mermaid or merman to do?
Check out this web site that may lead you to answers!
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What's a mermaid or merman to do?
Check out this web site that may lead you to answers!
http://bewaterwise.com/
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