How much water does it take to produce athletic clothing? Does this concern anyone?
How much water does it take to produce athletic clothing? Does this concern anyone?
What we need is genetically engineered science cotton that will grow without water.
You realize water is constantly circulating in our planet's ecosystem, right? Being cleaned automatically by evaporation and returning back via rain etc? Now if you want to talk about chemical pollution, that's another topic and it may be valid. But we don't wear pair of jeans with 900 gallons of water in it and it's not being destroyed in the process, it returns to the planet. So if you want to push the green agenda, perhaps start with less stupid and more important topics? Like deforestation, for example?
Well I sure as hel. don't want to waste all that water that's been used to make them jeans. I'll go by a few pair tomorrow to show my respects.
Tell me what this cotton is for?
That's the least concerning fact I've read all day. Water is renewable and there's 300 quintillion gallons of it on the planet
Hardloper wrote:
That's the least concerning fact I've read all day. Water is renewable and there's 300 quintillion gallons of it on the planet
This is true, but location, location, location.
Whether or not the water use is a concern depends on where it's coming from and where it's going. Most places it goes back to where it came from, so it's not much of a concern, but in some locations, it is a concern.
Just eat meat and wear animal hides. Problem solved.
Do you know how much water it takes to grow a human and keep them alive for 80 years or so?
As a production engineer, I don't think it is actually as simple as water flowing through our ecosystem. A key issue with using 900 gallons of water is the resulting energy consumption tied to using this water and that many water systems are not sustainable. Many countries rely on freshwater consumption and this has led to the depletion of over half of the world’s largest aquifers leading to lengthy droughts and other natural disasters. Water, deforestation, changing climates... it's all linked. You are correct that clothing uses a lot of harsh dyes and chemicals and chemical pollution is a part of it.
mireaultd wrote:
As a production engineer, I don't think it is actually as simple as water flowing through our ecosystem. A key issue with using 900 gallons of water is the resulting energy consumption tied to using this water and that many water systems are not sustainable. Many countries rely on freshwater consumption and this has led to the depletion of over half of the world’s largest aquifers leading to lengthy droughts and other natural disasters.
I guess it's a good thing that we manufacture most of our jeans half way around the world, then.
The problem is that people constantly buy new clothes. A good pair of jeans can last years if you take good care of it and don't gain weight. I am wearing a pair of jeans today that I bought in the fall of 2010, still good. And I got another pair of jeans that I bought in 2012, but those are thinning out a little. My size hasn't really changed in the last 10 years or so.
It took more gallons of water than that to produce you, so stop posturing and hush thyself.
Thomas.Bard.running wrote:
How much water does it take to produce athletic clothing? Does this concern anyone?
Hey, dumb dumb: how much of that water is wasted? How much is recycled? How much is a pure guess (there are studies that say 2,000 gallons and studies that say as little as 300 gallons)?
Try to talk about facts, brah.
Thomas.Bard.running wrote:
How much water does it take to produce athletic clothing? Does this concern anyone?
It takes something like 518 gallons of water for 1 lb of chicken. 1lb of beef is 1800. Why should I worry about 1 pair of jeans that will last like 5+ years. It is noise compared to my food consumption over that time period.
I drink 900 gallons before I go out for a run everyday.
Where can I buy jeans for cheap? Asking for a friend.
I don't cotton to your statement
Hell, I piss more'n dat in the ayem.
900 gallons is about what you use in a week.