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One cup of coffee has a water footprint of 37 gallons.
Nitric oxides are released from farms in large quantities due to manure application and are among the leading causes of acid rain.
$ of a gal. of gas includes: cost of Crude Oil 76%; Refining Costs and Profits 6%; Distribution, Marketing, and Retail Costs and Profits 6%; Taxes 12%
30 percent of global freshwater is groundwater.
It takes 3 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water.
20 percent of the Earth's surface water is in lakes.
Irradiation destroys niacin and vitamins in eggs, including up to 24% of vitamin A at one-third the FDA approved radiation level.
With 5% of the earth's population, the U.S. consumes 20% of the world's total energy.
Crop irrigation accounts for 31 percent of all freshwater withdrawals in the U.S.
Poultry farms often sear off as much as half of a chicken's beak to prevent aggression brought on by cramped living conditions.
Factory livestock facilities release over 400 separate gasses, including hydrogen sulfide, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
Only 1.3 percent of freshwater is surface waters like lakes and rivers.
Together, China and India have 37 percent of the world's population, but are home to just 10.8 percent of the world's water.
Animal agricultural operations produce nearly 73% of all ammonia air pollution in the US.
Only.007% of all water on earth is accessible for direct human use.

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