"It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce……" — Lester R. Brown
"It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water to cities and industry, they will import more grain. As they do so, water scarcity will be transmitted across national borders via the grain trade. Aquifer depletion is a largely invisible threat, but that does not make it any less real."
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Lester R. Brown
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24 Quotes by Lester R. Brown
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