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A US resident uses about 11,500 kWh of electricity per year.
One cup of coffee has a water footprint of 37 gallons.
The US consumes 800 million gallons of oil each day.
Arsenic compounds are approved as feed additives in the US, and are administered to chickens to speed growth and kill parasites.
About 29% of the total water footprint of the agricultural sector in the world is related to the production of animal products.
The United States led the world with $48.1 billion in clean energy investments in 2011.
One pound of potatoes has a water footprint of 119 gallons.
41% of energy used in the home is for space heating, which is the #1 energy user in our homes.
Irradiation destroys niacin and vitamins in eggs, including up to 24% of vitamin A at one-third the FDA approved radiation level.
Organic farms use as much as one-third less fossil fuels than their conventional counterparts, and can sequester carbon!
Cooling water discharged from a coal or nuclear plant is hotter--by an average of 17°F in summer--than when it entered the plant.
By 1965, 10 billion livestock animals were slaughtered annually. Today, that number has risen to 55 billion!
About 50 million Americans get sick from unsafe food each year, resulting in over 100,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.
26 percent of energy used in homes is for lighting and other appliances
It takes 660 gallons of water to produce one hamburger.

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