why is it a problem that it takes so much water to produce 1kg of beef – something like 15,000 liters – if the cows just pee it all back out anyway?

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why is it a problem that it takes so much water to produce 1kg of beef – something like 15,000 liters – if the cows just pee it all back out anyway?

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Slightly off-topic, sorry but… It takes around 12 pints of water to make one pint of beer. And thats just in the brewery, not including watering the barley and hops. I mean, its worth it, obviously, but tremendously inefficient.