Americans constitute 5% of the worlds population but consume 24% of the worlds energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as 2 Japanese 6 Mexicans 13 Chinese 31 Indians 128 Bangladeshis 307 Tanzanians 370 Ethiopians America consumes around 30% of the worlds resources. Forty percent of births are unintended. Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - thats roughly 200 billion more than needed - enough to feed 80 million people. Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily. The average American generates 52 tons of garbage by age 75. The average individual daily consumption of water is 159 gallons, while more than half the worlds population lives on 25 gallons. Fifty percent of the wetlands, 90% of the northwestern old-growth forests, and 99% of the tall-grass prairie have been destroyed in the last 200 years. Eighty percent of the corn grown and 95% of the oats are fed to livestock. Fifty-six percent of available farmland is used for beef production. Every day an estimated nine square miles of rural land are lost to development. There are more shopping malls than high schools
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:19:53 +0000
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