GOOD Transparency: Water Conservation

[estanislao007008009]

some things i do not understand abot this video

[HeadSHOT604]

Wehere I live in BC they started charging us for water because we were using too much.$500 bucks in a month.....

[GracefulDreams100]

this vid is cute xD

[GracefulDreams100]

LOL

[palitja]

Like it!

[kaitoxmikuCX]

That's kinda sad that soda contains more water than actual water..

[disneychannelfan306]

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[SuperFootballtalk]

Nice vid, check out our water conservation facebook page its called serve and conserve

[SuperFootballtalk]

nice vid

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[arielbellelim]

what sound track is that?

[MatthewSleigh]

Grey water is good for your garden (water from dish-washing, showers, clothes-washing, baths, car-washing, house-cleaning) don't throw away your grey water and use new water to water your flowers.

Here (in the Philippines) our household water is from a well, and a good proportion of the public electricity is hydroelectricity. Quite effective really - the further down the well the water is, the further you need to haul the buckets.

[NewEnergySavingTips]

To save a LOT of water ...search.. " eco urinal " on you tube

[overlord165]

that set me of thinking

[TheJavomora]

Im trying to find this commercial about saving water. A guy gets some digits from a girl. Goes to the Bathroom and the toilet runs out of water and the girl who was hitting on him is knocking on the door. Can someone help me

[411American]

It's looks like wiki !

[katakanadian]

It pisses me off to see once again the myth perpetuated (at 1:14) that handwashing dishes uses more water than a machine. 20 gallons (~75L)? Only if you are an idiot who leaves the water running full blast the entire time. Our household of 3 people uses about 4 gallons (15L)/day for dishwashing by hand and we haven't got all the embedded energy and water waste involved in buying a dishwasher. The advice to people should be if you already have a dishwasher, go ahead and use it but don't buy one.

[mrblob20]

@katakanadian Just keep in mind, as you might do dishes everyday, you use a dishwasher every other day, because you can put more dishes in it.

[Export2Africa]

The fact that earth is mostly water mislead many to forget that salt water cannot be consumed as it is. So Water Scarcity is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.

Thank you for such an excellent video encouraging water conservation.

[Rackemsmackem]

people do realize that the earth is 70% water and that it will always be that amount

[phillips78]

More on a related topic at "overconsumpulation".

[Torchic956]

Why can't we purify the ocean water?

[katakanadian]

@Torchic956 That is already being done on an increasing basis. There are major problems with high energy requirements (and therefore contributing to global warming and peak oil problems) and ecosystem damage as the extra salty water gets dumped back in the ocean (killing plants and animals that can't deal with the higher salinity).

[06Jessy06]

? how does drinking water instead of soda at lunchtime stop overuse of water?

[timonix2]

@06Jessy06 it takes a crapload of water to make soda. instead of just the water by it self.

[FreakyFur]

I never understood water conservation...I blame what i was taught in school. The basics of chemistry: matter cannot be created or destroyed only changed. So with that in mind we are drinking the same water the dinosaurs did thousands of years ago as my teacher put it. So why is there a need to conserve water?

[timonix2]

@FreakyFur there is not need to conserve water, just... clean water. It will eventually clean itself. Sun heating it up and falls down again going through the sediments and so on. But we use waaay more than that. so we need facilities for it. The less water they have to purify the better.

[NetImpactBGSU]

Thank you so much..

[davedavedaveannoy1]

I disagree with dishwater thing, it obviously uses less water then hand washing but relying on it results in higher energy use, the need to purchase a several hundred dollar machine, repair costs, dish detergent costs, and recycling the system should food material on the dishes fail to cleaned off. With hand washing you can personally assure the quality of the job, be more conservative if you so choose, use maybe a few cLs of dish soap, and learn the value of work.

[11moii]

Just go vegan. Its one of the most eco-friendly things you can do... And its better for both your mental and physical health.

PEACE! :D

[swedisagnostic]

My point was, If I take a 20 min shower or a 10 min shower wont make much of a difference in Sweden and wont really effect the rest of the world.

Areas that will have serious problems with freshwater in the coming years is not really from over use but because of pollution, over population and drought.

And I cant really change that except sending people condoms.

I try to only eat meat from Scandinavia, mostly for the rain forest and diseases.

[11moii]

@swedisagnostic Meh. Varför inte bara sluta äta kött?!?!? Asså, du fattar inte hur dåligt det är för miljön. Människan är inte det enda djuret på denna planet som behöver mat och vatten seddu, det krävs vatten för att odla en kos mat t.ex. ochsen måste den ju dricka vatten med. du vet att 16 kilo biff = 1 vegetabiler eller vad man nu ska säga. Dom äter ju lite allt möjligt VEGETARISKT. åsså är re ju bättre för hälsanoch allt sånt, blabididblabla, men känner inte för att starta värssta fajten nu!

[swedisagnostic]

@11moii Människan är en förväxt apa som blev ett rovdjur, ränderna går aldrig att tvätta bort. Varför skulle jag bry mig om några utsvultna djur när varken jag eller någon annan orka lyfta ett finger för de miljontals svältande i världen.

Naturen har sin gång vare sig vi vill det eller inte och varken du eller jag kan stoppa människans galenskap.

så min filosofi är, fuck it, jag har inte så många år jag kan knulla runt innan jag dör.

[11moii]

@swedisagnostic Hehehe, nee, ränderna går ej att tvätta bort. Precis. Kolla dig själv i spegeln. Point made. Kolla på tänderna, din käke, undersök dina förmågor att hitta, fånga, döda, och tillaga (eftersom att vi människor inte kan äta rått kött, det blev för rough för våra inälvor seddu) ett vilt djur med endast dina händer. Allt tyder på en vegetarisk diet. Kom igen, även jag, en 13 årig tjej fattar att det är emot vad våra kroppar vill. Tillochmed grisen har en "superpower" som gör så att

[swedisagnostic]

@11moii Va???har du hört talas om den underbara uppfinningen elden???

Människan har sen neandertalarna tillverkat knivar spjutspetsar, slungor, pilar, snaror etc.

Vi jagade inte med våra händer utan med våra hjärnor, genom tillverkning av vapen och att kunna jag i grupp.

Våran hjärna har utvecklats för att kunna förvina våran taktiska fördelar vid jakt, vi behöver animaliska proteiner för att våran hjärna ska kunna utvecklas.

Hade vi varit veganer så hade vi kunnat käka gräs, snälla läs lite.

[11moii]

@swedisagnostic Hhehehehhe. eeh. Animaliska proteiner you say. Nope. Inte alls. Vi behöver ej dem. Exakt VARFÖR skulle jag behöva dem. Snälla läs lite själv. Det finns INGENTING, absolut INGENTING som endast finns i kött. Förutom blod såklart. Och igen. Vetenskapligt bevisat att vegetarianism är bättre för den psykiska och fysiska hälsan, och myyyyyyycket bättre för miljön. Så booyah. Du äter det baserat på 100% egoism. Eller, ja, jääävligt självisk är du i allafall...

[timonix2]

@11moii haha kött är gott ;-) Inte så mycket mer till frågan. Det finns proteiner i alla växter och djur. Men det är lättare att ta till vara på samma sorts proteiner som kroppen är van vid. Men jag äter heldre mat som kommer ur ett labb på karolinska än blir vegetarian faktiskt. Hmm... det skulle jag kunna göra iaf nu när jag tänker på det.

[11moii]

@timonix2 Gott, jajaja, det enda argumented för de flesta... Och de proteiner som kroppen är van vid? Men vi har fortfarande in naturligt de enzymer som används för att bryta ned kött... och om det nu vore så naturligt skulle barn känna ett naturligt "behövande" för att jaga och döda djur... Vilket de/vi inte direkt har,... Om man skulle behöva skaffa maten själv sklle mååååånga fler vara vegetarianer.. Just sayin'

[11moii]

Well, why not go vegan then?? Humans are not the only animal that need water to survive! Soymilk btw uses 10 times less water than regular milk.

[CheyMurray]

XD I would do all this but I hate veggies...

but I dont drink beer or wine, or coffee and tea so thats a start ahaha.

[dude6751]

i don't get it

how is 16 oz. of soda 33 gallons?

o_O

[kpluch11]

@dude6751 Soda is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (at least in the USA anyhow). The majority of the 33 gallons comes from watering enough corn plants to produce the amount of HFCS needed.

[MissFlyingSquirl]

@dude6751 ...production proces... i guess

[Graymoths]

I believe in the conservation of water .. But whenever I try to explain to others what I am doing, or try to raise their awareness, they have a tendency to go "If other people are not conserving water, why should I?"

Really ignorant of them.

[swedisagnostic]

@Graymoths Because it depends were you live, I live in a country with more fresh water then we can use up the coming billion years.

Over use is a problem but only if you live some were it actually matters, if I take a 20 or a 10 min shower will make absolutely no difference.

The biggest problem with fresh water is pollution, look at the idiots in India who have polluted their holly river so bad it´s basically is a sewer.

If they are that stupid i cant feel pity for them when they die of tirst.

[11moii]

@swedisagnostic den är kapabel för att leta reda på kött å ssånt (trynet om du inte visste det). Asså, gud, måste du hålla på såhär? "Varför ska jag bry mig?". Jaja, du kan fortsätta äta kött, även fast det är dåligt för din egen hälsa (både den mentala och fysiska) , dåligt för miljön, och du vill inte ens get me started på moralfrågan. Sverige e fan inte perfekt, vårt "kött" (tydligen är grisar inte ett djur längre, utan fläskotletter) lever inte bättre än vad de gör i amerika. Amen.

[theTankDepot]

If that is just one person, imagine how much water an entire household or family of 4 could save just by changing their water usage.

Another great way to conserve water: Use a water tank to store water for cleaning, gardening, drinking, etc- or look into rainwater harvesting....

tank-depot. com and raintankdepot. com are good places to start :)

(not to be a self-promoter... but we really do have great products!)

Excellent video!

[mojoj87]

love this video so much!

[rawwqq]

Reminds me of Loco Roco

[lildude677]

Very nice video!

[pipocascomsal]

nice video. Conserve!

[broomehome]

Like it

[matthewfoong]

haha i feel bad coz just before i turned on this video i told my mum to make me a hamburger which she is currently doing now.

[ardnajela88]

swedisagnostic: dude thanks to people like you things are like they are now, you are an ass

[stiffysteffy]

i reckon! just because something doesn't affect you, it doesn't mean you wasting water doesn't affect others. I would love to slap swedisagnostic right now.

[swedisagnostic]

My point was, If I take a 20 min shower or a 10 min shower wont make much of a difference in Sweden and wont really effect the rest of the world.

Areas that will have serious problems with freshwater in the coming years is not really from over use but because of pollution, over population and drought.

And I cant really change that except sending people condoms.

I try to only eat meat from Scandinavia, mostly for the rain forest and diseases.

[PesiCool]

@swedisagnostic I agree..People are not thinking outside of the box.

Our consumption has no effect on the levels of drinking water since it's an endless (and very fast) cycle of evaporization and percipitation, it's more about how we are destroying this planet.

By polluting it with all sorts of toxins and shit we are fucking up the eco system and shortening the supply of drinkable water. The problem is mostly man made, but people are not looking at the whole picture here...

[swedisagnostic]

Why should I give crap???

I live in Sweden, we have more then 100000 lakes and only 9 million people.

The problem in most countries is the pollution of the freshwater supply.

Because of corrupt politicians, stupid people and no water treatment plants.

Ask the people from India if they usually take a crap in their holly river, stupid fucks.

[veganvvarrior]

feels good to be vegan when you watch this. I probably use about 2000 gallons less then the everage western.

[swedisagnostic]

Vi har 100000 tusen sjöar i Sverige, vi kommer knappast ha några problem med färskvatten.

Det största problemet är inte överkonsumtion utan förgiftning av färskvatten i de flesta länderna.

Det hjälper inte riktigt att de flesta i Indien är veganer när de bränner lik, skiter och dumpar allt de kan hitta i sin heliga flod Ganges, förmodligen världens största kloak.

[veganvvarrior]

till att börja med så kan jag ju säga att dom flesta i indien knappast är veganer eller vegetarianer.

vattenåtgången vid köttproduktion handlar till största delen inte om vad djuret dricker utan mängden vatten det går åt att producera foder för att få ett kg kött. och foderproduktionen är långt ifrån enbart lokal.

det kanske inte är grundproblemet men med tanke på situationen så blir det ett problem.

[swedisagnostic]

Det problemet är oftast självreglerande, finns det dåligt med vatten så blir det förmodligen fördyrt att ha djurhållning.

När folk faktiskt börjar dö av vattenbrist kommer inte problemet handla om djurhållning utan om erosion, överpopulation, förgiftning och att det inte finns reningsanläggningar.

Där det finns vatten i överflöd finns det ju ingen anledning att inte använda vattnet så länge vi inte förgiftar det.

[veganvvarrior]

lika självreglerande som olja eller andra naturresurser skulle jag gissa på. så länge pengar är inblandade så kommer befolkningen i länder där dom redan har stor vattenbrist knappast prioriteras.

jag säger inte emot dig i att överpopulation och förgiftning av vatten är ett stort problem, bara att det knappast underlättar att vi i väst förlitar oss på produktion av varor som förbrukar stor mängd vatten på platser där vattnet behövs.

[swedisagnostic]

Den dagen ett bränsle blir för dyrt att använda kommer vi att använda nånting annat.

När vi pratar om fossila bränslen så blir det förmodligen kol.

Påstår inte att det är ett bra system, men det går knappast att ändra.

Vi kan inte rädda världen för att det finns för många som gillar status quo, inkluderat oss i Sverige.

Plus att människan är i allmänhet är ett jävligt korkat djur, så jag har inga större förhoppningar.

[veganvvarrior]

den dagen det är för dyrt alt den dagen vi har gjort slut på resurserna. kan ju vara en idé att ha lite framförhållning.

jag håller med dig om att människor är idioter och inte gör vad som är bäst för miljön eller sin omgivning, men det betyder inte att jag måste följa samma mönster.

även om länder förgiftar sina vatten så behöver jag inte bidra till konsumtionen.

[simplebluemelody]

we need more stuff like this

basic, fun, needed

thank you guys

[KileSimons]

You fools, It's the amount of water used in the entire process up to the point where you purchase the product, not just the product itself.

[zed617]

You know, you should also take the population of other creatures into consideration with this as well...one human and one cow use less water than five humans and seven cows...

[valdezmiguel2]

I dont use water when making burgers =S

[ricesniper]

cows need water, lots of water, they produce huge amounts of methane too. stop eating cows

[defacedlawngnome]

@valdezmiguel2 you do, you just don't know it.

[Depthhider]

How does a burger have 672 gallons while a salad have only 31, it takes a tad bit more water to grow vegtables.

[klaz48]

theres no way theres 600 + Gallons of water in a burger LMFAO someone was high while making this video

[qew6878qewq]

the water comes from the process of making the burger klaz .

[klaz48]

ohh so to feed the animals or whatever... that sucks

[AyrFilms]

but all the cows for the patty, cheese, and other stuff then the veggies on there and tomatoes for the burger and in ketchup

[TheFinestLeather]

sorry but are you sure it takes 72 gallons of water to fry 2 eggs? :/ that doesnt sound right

[ThisSongSucksHard]

Doesn't take 72 gallons to cook the eggs but it takes that many to keep the chicken alive to lay the eggs.

[cyberspy034]

gay

[CrazyCheeseMagee]

Why should we switch from coffee to tea? Do we want South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia to lose a vital part of their economy and let China and India flourish? Of course, much coffee is not fair-trade certified, but something for the farmers is better than nothing. Also, if we're switching from beef to chicken, aside from putting the cattle ranchers out of business, we could all switch to vegetarianism, and I doubt many people would be willing to sacrifice burgers and steak.

[harukih]

The USA used the most water per capita in the world in 2000, (1682 cubic meters) and there is no reason not to believe it still isn't number one in water consumption. We need to take more action to reduce water useage

[SOTSVideos]

what if we didn't have access to clean water? Scary! But the truth is, over 1 BILLION people don't

[swtxwishes]

how are we using more water cooking eggs as opposed to eating milk/cereal?

[motor78]

I guess they are counting how much water is used for that egg to get produced, I guess they count the water that is used during the whole process. Maybe there is a lot of water used on the machinery cleaning, also when they clean the eggs so they don't have excrement all over. We use more water than we realize when we do things.

[ExZonie]

I'm doing all the right things except washing dishes by hand! Whoo hoo, time to get a dishwasher!

Also turn off water while brushing your teeth. Turn it on when you're finished. There's no need to leave the water running down the drain while you're brushing.

[zmanKT]

drink beer to save water!!!

[roidroid]

it takes tons of water to grow the crop for bear, plus the water added into the drink itself.

[hitachi088]

@zmanKT

Baka !

1 liter of bear require 5liter++++ of water .

[Caradepato2]

@zmanKT I will never give up my cousins wine!

[joejoe4812]

@zmanKT get a brain to save you life.

[gethsoftware]

@zmanKT awsome herp to derp.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@zmanKT wrong... save water, by drinking it instead of beer... duh ;P

[ohnoaperson543]

i love the little water droplet.

[ironmadion55]

please people, this is the least of our problems right now, we need to focus on the bigger ones like global warming and expanding our food supply.. soon we're gonna be in a famine rather than a drought

[livetilldead]

where do you live? i went to walmart the other day and they had tons of food... good old america

[ironmadion55]

i live in a city in america, and of course, the companies bribe us with all this good food. but i assure you we will run out of food before we run out of water..

[turtniz]

We are corrupting the water cycle. Only 2.8% of the earths water is fresh water, and over 77% of the fresh water is frozen. We are depleting ground water, faster than it can be replenished. We are polluting water sheds and everything, so dont think we can use all the water we want because nature will take care of it.

[moby6002]

Finally, they're making these videos again!

[Greg78X]

Since earth was formed,,, that same amount of water is still here and will always be here.. we never lose water...

[david1757]

Yeah that's true, there is always the same amount of water.

But most of water on Earth is salt water which is not proper for comsumption.

A lot of drinkable water is polluted which make it undrinkable

Also, with global warming, a bigger amount of water is in gas form (vapor)

[Vitaminous]

Water shortage? Oh you mean like the peak oil fantasy? Way to go, Good!

[javajimmy1090]

Isn't true?

[amicusnemini]

did you know that by not putting a stupid ass video on youtube you save a gajillion gallons of water

[amicusnemini]

stupid americans youre not meant to shower everyday its bad for your skin

[SebSalerno]

THAT WAS DISGUSTING!

[ramanglass544]

well it may be better than the videos youve been putting out lately

the failvertising ruins it

[world4i]

i agree ,we do have to save not just water but everything that we've plenty of but we'll never know when we're gonna need just a little bit of it

and btw the world will never run out of water , it goes in cycles , u drink the water u pee the water , it gets filtered by the sand and soil ,runs in streams to river or sea evaporate .. u know the story

[lasmart613]

gee! I hope the world doesn't run out of water!

Can someone teach these 'tards about a simple little thing called "the water cycle"???

How about you commit suicide and save 1,893,634 gallons of water a day. Dipshit!

[mikeye9]

They are talking about fresh water dumbass. Once fresh water touches salt water it too becomes salt water.

[roidroid]

and then it evaporates as fresh water, rains on land and collects in fresh water rivers and lakes.

like he said - the water cycle.

[Blaze6181]

Yep.

[BoyGeorgeLOL]

mm.. promotional references, this is helpful

[JamesNintendoNord]

STEAM_0:0:3202667

[roidroid]

Do you think we should be using that Japanese bathing method (where you sit down and use a bucket), instead of having showers?

You see it all the time in anime, it seems to use a LOT less water than showering.

(i'm not sure what it's called though)

[slimbullet96]

Well it is called sauna, like the "sauna suit". It comes from that word. Lol, anime..

[iforgotaboutit]

Although I completely agree with the video, and believe we can save a ton of water, I think the facts are a bit skewed. When referring to the hamburger's 672 gallon price tag, does the water mean water fed to the cow which made the hamburger? If it's that way, then it makes multiple hamburgers right? (Maybe if you somehow indicated "virtual water use" like you did in the magazine, it would be clearer)

This was a great video, and I hope you come out with more animated statistics like this.

[GNBomb]

The water used

-To feed the cow

-Watering grain for bun

-Watering Lettus

-Watering Tomato

-Water used to make pulp for paper (wraping and box/bag)

-Water used in creating chese (milk, cow byproduct)

-Shipping and packaging products (this stems down to water used in creating oil)

-Water used to cook burger (oils)

Alot more water is used like in electicity generation, refrideration costs ect.

[noxfinitie]

thank god you're going back to knowledgeable information instead of that "if i invented this junk...i would make..." Thank you, genuinely thank you

[GNBomb]

awsome

[Aniallator]

But I always thought water comes back around no? Where does it go? It can't just disappear, can it?

[javjasdjkfsdvbnjakdb]

Can't disappear, but it can become unusable (ie. contaminated, ending up in the ocean). Only about 3% of the Earth's water supply is fresh water (and 2/3 of that water is frozen in glaciers).

It takes a lot of money to desalinate salt water and clean contaminated water.

[Changeis9]

lots of money AND energy.

[hitachi088]

i was thinking like you ...

but if you dinck 1 liter of water ...

do you piss 1 liter ... No

so you are Burning the rest ...

[VforViktor5]

true, but the rest does come out as water vapor in some form

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

it depends on where it is

[lf2god2003]

you can't drink sea water and evaporation costs money

[dashortyguy48]

i love transparencies =]

[Pural2]

You can think of "cheap" useable water as any another resources that gets produced (or recycled) by nature. So in one sense, if you use more than you can produce, than you are running out of "net" water. We have definitely crossed this line a long time ago.

However, we have also used and lost most of our water reservoir like underground (think LA) and glaciers (to global warming). So in a truer sense, we are running out of the total amount of water available, not just the net.

[overtrist]

Honestly - i'm not paranoid about the usage of water - I'm saving as much as I can - but I'm not going paranoid. I won't force myself to eat cereals if I want to eat eggs. What I wonder more about - is the insane waste of water that ppl use for their lawn - or the fountains in some cities (Look at Las Vegas! So much water and electricity going to waste!!! Las Vegas has to import their water from supplies all around it).

[tinram745]

good video!

[XxnEr0xXxMaNexX]

ok water usage is big but ur forgeting that that water can't just disapere it comes back to natur naturaly ;)

[liberty1211]

yes thats true, but it cost so much money and effort to clean the water. the filter machines cost also water, so that means in the end its a never ending cycle

have a nice day :)

[aliew27]

True, but where can water go when it condenses back down. Statistically (and in reality) into the salty salty ocean as opposed to nice fresh glaciers, moutain top snow, underground freshwater aquifers, close by sources, etc.

Spread the word if you believe me, counterpoint me if you don't.