Water Wasted in ALS Bucket Challange

[GameBoy27]

Someone had to do the calculation. lol

Someone Actually Calculated How Much Water Has Been Used for All Those ‘Ice Bucket Challenges’ — and It’s a Lot More Than You Probably Thought

No one would deny amount of positive awareness the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised for ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but some are criticizing it for wasting water, especially in drought-stricken areas like California.

Jason Ruiz for the Long Beach Post drafted a quick breakdown of just how much fresh, potable water could be tossed in the challenge (emphasis added):

To put the waste this campaign has caused into simple terms, let’s just assume everyone is using a five gallon bucket. Now multiply that number by the more than 1.2 million videos shared on Facebook since June 1. Based on that assumption (5 x 1,200,000), over 6 million gallons of water have been poured out in the name of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The average American household uses 320 gallons per day, which means that based on this estimation, nearly 19,000 homes’ daily water usage has been wasted. And that’s not even taking into account that videos posted online often depict multiple people, sometimes even entire sororities or fraternities, taking part in the ice bucket challenge, often using more than one bucket per video.

Now some of these people take the challenge on grassy areas, which could benefit plants. Others took it to the next level to make sure no water was wasted. Songwriter Carole King, for example, stood in a creek and dumped a bucket of ice and stream water over her head so it would go straight back into its natural environment...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/19/someone-actually-calculated-how-much-water-has-been-used-for-all-those-ice-bucket-challenges-and-its-a-lot-more-than-you-probably-thought/

 

[Indiana]

:frusty:

 

[Viggo Rasmussen]

Think of all the energy used to create ice as well!

 

[Aardvark154]

:frusty:

Agree

 

[Ridgeman08]

And just HOW is it a "waste" of water?

The water is not wasted... it evaporates and is recycled naturally...

Doesn't anyone remember the water cycle? Its grade 3 science! :hand:

 

[WestCoaster]

http://time.com/3149803/als-ice-bucket-challenge-2/

Let's not forget the ten's of millions of dollars raised and the awareness of ALS. Watch the video from an actual ALS sufferer to see what the challenge means to them. Find something else to whine about. Seriously.