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did you know that...

if you throw away 2 aluminum cans, you waste more energy than 1,000,000,000 one billion of the worlds poorest people use a day. making a new can from scratch uses the energy equal to half a can of gasoline.
about one third of what an average american throws out is packaging.
more than 1,000,000,000 one billion trees are used to make disposable diapers every year.
in one minute, 50 acres of rainforest are destroyed.
about 90 of the energy used in lighting a standard incandescent light bulb is lost as heat.
air conditioning uses 10 times more energy than a fan, therefore, it creates 10 times the pollutants.
cars and pick-up trucks are responsible for about 20 of the carbon dioxide released into the air.
there are about 500 million automobiles on the planet, burning an average of 2 gallons of fuel a day. each gallon releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.