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Published:7/20/2008 by American Wind Energy Association
Submitted by:Shayon 4 days ago
Category: Renewable Energy
Fact Details:     Wind energy eeduces smog and eliminates a major source of acid rain; could reduce total US emissions of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) by 1/3 and world emissions by 4%.
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Published:3/3/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 143 days ago
Categories: Living Green & Waste Management
Fact Details:     In the U.S. we generate 300 pounds of packaging waste per person each year and 32% of the entire domestic waste stream consists of containers and packaging.
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Published:2/25/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 150 days ago
Category: Water Resources
Fact Details:     Producing a typical lunch--hamburger, French fries, and a soft drink--uses 1500 gallons of water including the water needed to raise the potatoes, the grain for the bun and the grain needed to feed the cattle, and the production of the soda.
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Published:2/24/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 151 days ago
Categories: Water Resources & Fresh Water Sources
Fact Details:     The Great Lakes are the largest system of fresh, surface water on earth, containing roughly 18 percent of the world supply.
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Published:2/24/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 151 days ago
Category: Water Resources
Fact Details:     About 96% of all liquid freshwater can be found underground, and the remaining small fraction is on the surface or in the air.
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Published:2/24/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 151 days ago
Category: Water Resources
Fact Details:     About 2.5% of the Earth’s water is freshwater, and most is frozen in glaciers and ice sheets.
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Published:2/23/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 153 days ago
Category: Living Green
Fact Details:     The average American consumes over 25 times more resources than the average person from a developing country. That means that a family in a developing country would have to have 75 children to have the same environmental impact as an American family with three children!
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Published:2/23/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 153 days ago
Category: Living Green
Fact Details:     The addition of 3.2 million Americans each year has a greater resource impact upon the Earth than all of the millions of people added last year in India and Africa combined.
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Published:2/23/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 153 days ago
Categories: Energy & Fossil Fuels
Fact Details:     About 86% of all types of energy used in the United States is derived from fossil fuels.
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Published:2/23/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 153 days ago
Categories: Energy & Fossil Fuels
Fact Details:     America's recoverable reserves of coal stand at 275 billion tons, an amount that is greater than any other nation in the world and capable of meeting domestic demand for more than 250 years at current rates of consumption.
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Published:2/14/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 161 days ago
Category: Renewable Energy
Fact Details:     The total amount of electricity that could potentially be generated from wind in the United States has been estimated at 10,777 billion kWh annually—more than twice the electricity generated in the U.S. today. American Wind Energy Association.
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Published:2/14/2008
Submitted by:Frank K 161 days ago
Category: Renewable Energy
Fact Details:     Every hour, more energy from sunlight strikes the Earth than is consumed on the planet in a year. US Department of Energy.