Monday, April 19, 2010

Wrath of Lamb April 19/10

Today is the start of Earth Week around the world. It's meant to bring awareness to issues like climate change, recycling and the environment. So I thought I'd share some statistics that should hopefully scare the crap out of you, and make you think twice about buying that Hummer or throwing that plastic bottle in the garbage. 20% of the world’s population of people living in developed countries, like the U-S, and in Europe, consume 80% of the world’s resources. If countries like China and India had the same consumption habits we have in the west, we would need 5 planets to meet the resource demand!

Remember that Wall Street bailout in the States? It's costing taxpayers around $700 billion and growing.  Yet, just 4% of the Wall Street bailout could end world hunger. Though the problem is often thought of as unsolvable, in truth, the global food crisis could be completely solved by creating agricultural programs that would cost about $30 billion a year. 1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean water

In North America, we throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour, and go through enough office paper to build a 12-foot wall from Los Angeles to New York City. We throw away 570 disposable diapers every second, and toss out enough aluminum cans to rebuild our commercial air fleet every three months. Have you ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?  Dylan has talked about it before... look it up...It is a swirling vortex of waste and debris in the Pacific Ocean, covering an area twice the size of the continental U.S. and holds nearly 100 million tons of garbage.

Some stuff to think about this week.


1 comment:

  1. $30 BILLION COULD SOLVE world hunger? $6 billion for a dam? hmmmm...

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