Ask Umbra: Is the Ice Bucket Challenge a waste of water and money?

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By Ask Umbra®Aug 18, 2014, 7:05 am232 pts
Q. I have a two-part question: Part 1: How much water and energy has been wasted by people doing the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS awareness? Part 2: Given the potential externalities associated with this waste, how much money might that represent that could have been directed to the ALS Association? Amanda…

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