Hippie Facts
Did you know....
-Everytime you plug something in or turn on a light you create a little pollution back at the power plant.
-The U.S. has converted 260 million acres of forest land into grazing land for livestock and/or growing livestock feed.
-Over half of the amount of water consumed in the Unites States goes to irrigate land growing feed for livestock. Additional water is needed to wash away animals excrement.
-To produce a single pound of meat takes an average of 2,500 gallions of water (as much as a family uses in a month)
-To produce a days food for one meat eater takes 4,000 gallons and for a vegetarian only 300 gallions. It takes less water to produce a years food for a pure vegetarian than to produce a months food for a meat eater.
-Around 8o million Americans live in areas that continually fail to meet federal air quality standards at least several times per year.
-SUV's put out 43% more global warming pollutants and 47% more air pollutants than the average car.
-If you use space heaters instead of central heating you can save 1500$ a year.
-Everytime you plug something in or turn on a light you create a little pollution back at the power plant.
-The U.S. has converted 260 million acres of forest land into grazing land for livestock and/or growing livestock feed.
-Over half of the amount of water consumed in the Unites States goes to irrigate land growing feed for livestock. Additional water is needed to wash away animals excrement.
-To produce a single pound of meat takes an average of 2,500 gallions of water (as much as a family uses in a month)
-To produce a days food for one meat eater takes 4,000 gallons and for a vegetarian only 300 gallions. It takes less water to produce a years food for a pure vegetarian than to produce a months food for a meat eater.
-Around 8o million Americans live in areas that continually fail to meet federal air quality standards at least several times per year.
-SUV's put out 43% more global warming pollutants and 47% more air pollutants than the average car.
-If you use space heaters instead of central heating you can save 1500$ a year.
posted by Toni at 6/21/2006 12:01:00 PM
1 Comments:
I want to start using space heaters. We used them in Spain, and everything was fine, so why not here? I could use an extra $1500 a year. That's all of my insurance costs.
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