Revised

editorial outline

Introduction
What is a water footprint?
Gerbens2013
Why does a water footprint require attention?
Mekonnen2012
What do I want people to do? [thesis]

Thesis: Although red meat has some nutritional value, consumers should not
overlook its large water footprint when deciding to purchase meat products.

Red meats water footprint
a) Claim 1: Red meat production has a large water footprint. (water wasteful)
Evidence:
Mekohena2012
What makes it wasteful?
Gerbens2013 -P.2 study findings stats
National Geographic
Compare to other meat and chicken stats.
Counter Evidence:
o Berger 2010: Erroneuous!
Refute/rebut
Human error
Researchers check points prior to publishing.
Growing meat demand
b) Claim 2:Meat production demands are predicted to increase
Evidence:
FAO 2014, 2050 predictions
What is causing the demand increase?
o Developing countries
o Pop growth
Counter Evidence: (linked to mortality)
WHO
Rhorman et al...
Sinha
Refute/rebut
Lee and Galfand -- Nutritional value
Rhorman et al--other sources of nutrients

Meat demands and the FWSP

c) Claim 3: increase in red meat demand could contribute to the FWSP



Evidence:
Introduce the FWP

National geographic
USGS
Counter evidence:
Grazing as solution
Gerbens2013
Refute/rebut
o Farmers lack of resources.

Conclusion:
Why should people care
o Global impact.affect everyone!