Hidden costs of Cheerios

March 28, 2006

Why you use much, much more water than you think on Fresh Air. Indirectly, you consume more than 100 times your weight in water every day.

1 pound rice = 500 gallons water to grow it
1 pound coffee = 10 tons of water to grow it

And check out this link on the cost of your breakfast in oil:

400 calories of food = 2800 calories of fossil-fuel energy.

 

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