The greatest threat to Peace … (01/13/15)
NEWSFLASH: Right now there is a FAR greater threat to your personal security than the rise of global terrorism. Indeed, there is currently a far greater threat to your very survival and the survival of your loved ones — indeed the survival of your entire species — than religious fundamentalism will ever be.
And this threat is WATER — or better stated, an imminent lack thereof.
There are already over one BILLION people in the world who lack access to safe drinking water — and that number is growing rapidly every day. Maybe you still have enough to drink and don’t realize the gravity of the situation … Maybe you have it so good that you are actually still using potable water to wash your clothes and clean your dishes and bathe your body … Maybe you haven’t been exposed to this danger yet and remain unaware.
And yet think-tanks and research groups all over the world are recognizing what you too will soon realize: that a larger & larger portion of the human population is running out of water — and they are running out of it fast … Even the relatively conservative estimates of a 2012 U.S. national intelligence report has recognized the threat, noting that, “As water shortages become more acute beyond the next 10 years, water in shared basins will increasingly be used as leverage; the use of water as a weapon or to further terrorist objectives will become more likely.”
OK … So now you know about this crisis, and I have faith that you now probably feel called to do something about it. But you probably have doubts about your ability to help — you probably are silently wondering, “What difference can I make?”
Well, you could start by conserving how you use water in your everyday routine, and this would indeed help to soothe the crisis a little bit … And yet there is a very simple choice that you can make that will have a HUGE positive impact on this imminent threat.
Please consider the following facts …
… and then please consider acting accordingly.
*FACT: An entire year’s worth of showers for the average 1st World human requires 5,200 gallons of potable water … Only one pound of beef requires 5,214 gallons.
*FACT: Beef is not the only evil — one gallon of milk demands roughly 700 gallons of water, one pound of chicken flesh uses over 800 gallons of water, one pound of pig flesh requires over 1,600 gallons of water.
*FACT: You can either give up bathing altogether and save the world 5 thousand gallons of water each year, OR you can go vegan and save the world close to a MILLION gallons of water — each& every year!
So please do your part in saving the world today …
Please go vegan.
(all the Earth’s water together would form one sphere only 860 miles in diameter)
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