Will adopting a vegan diet save the water?

[handmade34]

13. so...

let me say that I agree that we are burdening the planet with an overpopulation of humans... I am not willing, at this point, to off myself as a solution (but I am committed to not living past the time I am using excessive resources, in relation to my usefulness, to be kept alive)

some thoughts...

-bringing people out of poverty and education are proven to be good policy to help keep population down
-we, especially in the U.S. and developed Countries must rethink the way we live in relation to water and energy...

new technology allows for irrigation that uses vastly less water

example of drip irrigation, much more tech-savvy than old-school methods that flood fields with water. Weimer can irrigate 900 acres of onions with the push of a button on his smartphone. The plastic piping is so precise, the farm uses 30 percent less water than it did before this system was installed. It cost about $4,000 per acre, and last year, one of the driest on record in Colorado, it paid off.

more energy from solar and wind... we need to learn how to be less car dependent... more mass transit


cutting meat consumption is ABSOLUTELY a good way to preserve water... both in use of water and cutting down water pollution

I advocate everyone consider their diet and how it affects the planet... I abhor when people retort to an article about the benefits of a vegan/vegetarian diet with "you can't tell me what to do/you will have to pry this steak out of my dead cold hand" or some such nonsense... I do not expect everyone to just cut out eating meat or change in a drastic way... I just would like to think that, especially, on a seemingly relatively liberal site as this people would respond with something more like... "I really love eating meat but I understand the part that livestock production plays in the health of the environment and I will try to be more mindful of my footprint"

There are MANY small things we can all do everyday that would add up to make a big difference...

We are all in this together

I don't eat meat, nor dairy as a rule, but I don't expect everyone around me to do the same... I try very hard to consider every action I take and how it affects those around me and the planet... I use a clothesline when at home, I carry reusable bags, when out, I carry a coffee mug, I try not to buy things with excessive packaging... I travel for a living so my footprint in that respect is large but I try to compensate for it in other ways... when home I drive very little... I am always open to considering other ways I can live a more cooperative way

I LOVE Water... my guilty pleasure is long showers and I keep the water heater at home small so I can't exploit the hot showers

water is so very important and I am just flummoxed that people aren't up in arms about the abuse of our water supply and sources... (I keep my house in Vermont because I have plenty of clean, delicious, free, fresh spring water- well that and other reasons )