If you live in California, perhaps the wildfires are
getting dangerously close to your home. You realize that,
at any moment, you could lose everything - or maybe you
already have. If you get any news at all, you've been
hearing about the dry conditions, which provide fertile
ground for the fires, and the ever-worsening drought that
leaves little water to fight them. The government tells
you to stop washing your car and to take shorter showers.
Then, your friend from across the continent - in Georgia -
called to say that their governor just issued an urgent
message saying "Georgia will have no more water in 90
days." Your kids are really terrified and can't be
thoroughly comforted, because you can't hide YOUR fearful
face. It all seems like a surreal horror movie, but this
is reality.
Water is the elixir of life, so what happens when it's
gone? Well, the good news is there is a real solution, but
first you have to understand the real problem and how you
contribute to it.
If you want to do nothing other than wish these problems
would go away, or if you just want to continue pretending
they don't exist, then stop reading this right now. Still
reading? Good, I am about to show you one of the chief
culprits of our water problems and, in so doing, offer the
real solution.
There are some statistics originally published by John
Robbins in his book, Diet For A New America, showing where
all the water is going. While it takes about 23 gallons of
water to grow one pound of tomatoes and 25 gallons of water
to produce one pound of wheat, it takes over 5,200 gallons
of water to produce one pound of beef.
The world's fresh water is getting sucked up by "meatism,"
i.e., the production and consumption of meat and dairy.
What's worse, of the water that's left, virtually all of it
is being contaminated in the process. It is a blatant myth
that fire, desertification (dust bowls) and drought are
caused (or would be helped) by short showers and dirty
cars. We would have no water problems if we were all vegan
and took long showers.
That is certainly not to say that anybody should be
wasteful of our resources, but let's understand the real
problem. Also understand that it doesn't take an action on
the part of the government to fix our water woes, because
this is one problem the government didn't cause (at least
not at this level). Look on your breakfast, lunch and
dinner plate and if you see anything related to meatism,
you are contributing to the problem. Abundant clean water
and meatism are mutually exclusive.
The terrific and all-empowering news is if we all turned to
a plant-based diet, a vegan diet, the ever-increasing
parched earth would once again have plentiful water.
Your call.
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Jeff Popick, also known as "The Vegan Sage," is a keen
visionary and a leading expert on the diverse effects our
diet has on our health, environment & even our
spirituality. Jeff has worn many hats over the years, from
Hollywood stunt man, to radio host ("Vegetarian
Lifestyles," KIEV 870AM) to millionaire businessman to
passionate author & speaker. For more info go to
http://www.JeffPopick.com or
http://www.TheRealForbiddenFruit.com .
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