I think I have been very tired lately. I haven't been to church today, I just joined Pattisue's little study group this morning at University Baptist, then slept for most of the rest of the day.
Last Thursday our Kiwanis speaker was an ardent campaigner for water conservation, and gave us a few facts about water conservation. Here are a couple I picked out (in italics)
There's as much water in the world today as there was thousands of years ago, it is actually the same water. The water from our taps could contain molecules that the dinosaurs drank, and Columbus might have sailed across. I am not quite sure I can figure all that out.
Every glass of water brought to your table in a restaurant requires another two glasses of water to wash and rinse the glass. As nearly 70 million meals are served every day in US restaurants more than 26 million gallons of water could be saved if one person in four declined their complimentary glassful. I've got a better idea. Don't bring glasses of water to everybody in restaurants, it's not necessary, we don't do it in Britain, so think of all the water we are saving.
In spite of glasses of water to diners in restaurants less than 1% of the treated water produced by water utilities is consumed. The rest goes on lawns, in washing machines, and down toilets and drains.
Sustainable Shawnee organised a competition in the local schools to produce a bumper sticker on the subject of water conservation, and this was the winner.
I have to confess to being somewhat resistant to campaigns to conserve water, recycle, save the planet, and Be A Good Citizen, and although I don't deliberately waste water I find myself feeling somewhat defiant, for example, when brushing my teeth under running water. I think I resent the constant prodding at my conscience.
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