Miranda Yarovoy
4/01/2025 12:20 PM
My home water use was relatively low, but I think I could get it even lower by shortening my shower time (or turning the shower off when not actively rinsing soap).
The overwhelming majority of my water consumption is virtual and due to the fact that I eat meat and have 2 cats. Going vegetarian would be a good solve because I don't exactly eat that much meat anyways.. I just worry about getting enough protein in a plant based diet. I have NO idea how to solve the cat food issue. We feed our cats wet food so they get enough water and cats are carnivores so their food must contain meat. Producing my own cat food at home wouldn't exactly help the virtual water problem because the cats still need to eat meat. This is easily the most shocking information to me - 3667 gallons are required to create 2lbs of wet cat food! No idea what to do about it, but will try to cut down on water in ways that I can!
The overwhelming majority of my water consumption is virtual and due to the fact that I eat meat and have 2 cats. Going vegetarian would be a good solve because I don't exactly eat that much meat anyways.. I just worry about getting enough protein in a plant based diet. I have NO idea how to solve the cat food issue. We feed our cats wet food so they get enough water and cats are carnivores so their food must contain meat. Producing my own cat food at home wouldn't exactly help the virtual water problem because the cats still need to eat meat. This is easily the most shocking information to me - 3667 gallons are required to create 2lbs of wet cat food! No idea what to do about it, but will try to cut down on water in ways that I can!