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'A harbinger of what's to come:' NASA satellites show massive drop in global freshwater levels (www.livescience.com)
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Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

While I agree that water use for livestock it’s a problem. There aren’t anywhere near a trillion livestock to kill. Over dozens of years, maybe, barely, and a vast vast majority of them are going to be chickens.

In 2014 there were 21 billion chickens. A Trillion is 1000 billion. There were less than 1.5 billion cattle and just over a billion sheep the same year and those numbers don’t appear to change drastically. Pork production is down this year for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh hang on, that number might of been counting fish/sea animals too? Idk, I still can't remember where I heard 'trillion' on this, but the infographic on Our World In Data could get that number up there with fish included as livestock.

Including fish as livestock is not particularly relevant for making a point on fresh water consumption though, so you were actually still right to call me out on this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah it’s easy to exaggerate numbers, I have to catch myself often. Fish could get us close I suppose (shrimp almost surely, but counting each one is problematic).

20 billion chickens is still an insane number anyway. And with so much of the US in drought it’s tough not to let it keep me up at night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you for this! Memory is a fickle thing and I really appreciate you coming in with sources like this.

'Trillion' was such a such a sure figure in my head for annual livestock slaughtered globally and you made me realise that I can't actually remember where I got it from, which is kinda embarrassing.