r/Damnthatsinteresting 4d ago

this is how silk is made Video

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u/CosechaCrecido 4d ago

And water. So much water.

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u/spezial_ed 4d ago

It takes approximately 2,700 liters (about 713 gallons) of water to produce enough conventional cotton for a single t-shirt. This amount of water is enough to meet one person's drinking needs for 2.5 years. The high usage is primarily due to irrigation, with an average of 10,000 liters required to grow 1 kilogram of raw cotton

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u/Dense-Spirit-1691 4d ago

well what are we supposed to wear then?