Go Green – Spread the Love
The following go green facts come from multiple sources. For information about how you can live your life, operate your business, and help others be GREENER – just Google “How to Go Green” and spread the love!
- Conventional, fossil-fuel electricity production is the leading cause of industrial air pollution in the U.S. and leads to other social problems including water pollution and lung disease.
- New wind power capacity completed in 2008, according to initial estimates will avoid up to 44 million tons of carbon emissions the equivalent of taking 7 million cars off the road.
- Buildings (and homes likes yours) account for:
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- 1/6 of the world’s freshwater withdrawals
- 1/4 of its wood harvest
- 2/5 of its material and energy flows
- 30% – Portion of energy in buildings used inefficiently or unnecessarily.
- 20 billion – Amount of money that would be saved if the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial buildings improved by 10%.
- 6,000 million metric tons – Amount of global carbon dioxide (CO2) release into the atmosphere in 2005.
- 70% – Amount of greenhouse gas emissions that have increased between 1970 and 2004.
- 1995 – 2006 – Period of time in which 11 of the 12 warmest years on record have occurred.
- 500,000 – number of trees cut down to produce each week’s Sunday newspapers.
- 75,000 – number of trees saved recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times.
- 250,000,000 – number of trees saved if all our newspaper 17 trees saved can absorb a total of 250 pound of carbon dioxide; burning 17 trees would create 1500 pounds of carbon dioxide.
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