How much water do you use?

So you’re trying to decide between a glass of wine or a glass of beer at the restaurant and just can’t make up your mind. What would go better with your grilled salmon - a creamy chardonnay or a crisp India Pale Ale? Well if you also want to consider the environmental impact of your meal, you might pull up this handy chart on the water used in various services, appliances, and food in a typical day: http://www.good.is/?p=16356.

You’ll conserve water by ordering the beer (20 gallons of water needed to make one pint of beer, versus 31 gallons to make a glass of wine).

Also, definitely don’t order beef (1500 gallons of water used to make 1 pound of beef!)