♦ nivek ♦ Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Forget carbon: You should be checking your water footprintAlterNet by Amol Rajan "The concept of water footprints -- or 'virtual water' -- will tell consumers the amount of precious H2O that has been used in the manufacture of products they buy. As with carbon footprints, a 'virtual water' figure will indicate the extent to which a particular product has cost the earth. And, as with carbon footprints, the message is clear: less is better. A new website run by the University of Twente in the Netherlands, waterfootprint.org, gives ethically minded consumers a chance to work out the hidden implications of their shopping habits. Common commodities including groceries, clothes, stationery and electrical goods are evaluated according to a water footprint calculator. In each case, the water footprint covers both the manufacture and transport of the goods. The results are striking." (04/23/08) http://www.alternet.org/water/83205/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprus Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Oh, thank you Kev, thank you so muckin' fuch for that post... As if we didn't have to worry about taxes over the "carbon footprints" we're emanating, now we have to consider being taxed for our "water footprints" (and trading them on a market place, no doubt, to mediate our financial liability over these matters of everyday life to an all-pervasive, shadowy government entity contrived to look out for us all, and preserve our Quality of Life). (BARFFFFF) Wherever Orwell is, he must be ROFLHFAO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Net Eng Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 First I had to find a place to stuff my excess carbon. Now I gotta find a place to hord water so I can save on my taxes. Maybe I'll build a cistern with my stimulus check... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shion Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Why don't we use these calculations to evaluate businesses to make the production of 'stuff' more efficient? Water is the most valuable resource on this planet, but I would not trust the EPA with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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