The same diet also inputs 7,900 BTUs of energy into the human body through food consumption.

Water consumption was also very high.

But this is a game changed for probably 3-4 months in the health sector minimum.... 9-12 months on the Confidence/ Economy/ consumption... re-adjusting will be huge. 

." - Zillow.comIf you don't allow smoking, would you allow the consumption of edibles and oils?

Consumption of material things measures fairly low on the happiness scale - especially if done in isolation, without friends or family.For this reason, it makes sense to sacrifice needless consumption (call it frugality if you must) in order to create a passive income stream as quickly as possible, which should have the primary purpose of freeing up our time in order to devote more of it to the primary pursuit of good, healthy, relationships - and freeing up our minds so that we can be emotionally "present" when around those we love.

The population at large in the U.S. is a consumption economy.

All sarcasm aside, my wife and I grew up poor, live very modestly and strongly dislike over-consumption of consumerism.

With much of the Phoenix, AZ area being historically agricultural the claim could be made that the water consumption is not increasing nearly at the level some fear due to all of the agricultural ground being converted to rooftops. 

Like many of you, owning Real Estate is part of my plan for long term wealth creation, but I've been stuck in a rut of just pure knowledge consumption for the last 3 years without any real moves. 

Since 2008 we have consistently under-built for basic consumption.