In an article in The Economist's The World in 2009 annual forecast, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestle, says:
"I am convinced that, under present conditions and with the way water is being managed, we will run out of water long before we run out of fuel."
The reasoning being that it takes thousands of litres of water to grow enough food for one person per day. Yes, that's for one person's daily diet in an industrialized nation of meat eaters. Or how about several thousands of litres of water to grow enough plant matter to produce one litre of biofuel?
Posted by Paul at January 24, 2009 09:43 PM