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- One dairy farm with 2,500 cows produces as much waste as a city with around 411,000 residents, but dairy waste goes untreated.
- One ton of carbon dioxide pollution causes around $20 of damage to economies, ecosystems and human health.
- In February 2012, financial speculation added an extra $.56 per gallon of gasoline at the pump.
- Arsenic compounds are approved as feed additives in the US, and are administered to chickens to speed growth and kill parasites.
- Power plants in the US withdraw 143 billion gallons of fresh water every day; more than irrigation and 3 times that's used for public water supplies.
- Households directly use the most water indoors in the morning (5am to 11am) because of showering and prepping for the day ahead.
- Respiratory diseases account for up to 75% of all diseases on feedlots, and up to 71% of all pre-slaughter cattle deaths.
- Natural gas is the largest source of energy produced in the US followed by coal, oil, renewable and nuclear. (As of 2011)
- Of all sources of energy consumed in the United States, oil provides the largest share at 36 percent.
- 30 percent of global freshwater is groundwater.
- Between 1985 and 2001, the use of antibiotics in feed for industrial livestock production rose a startling 50%.
- One pound of cheese has a water footprint of 600 gallons.
- Producing 2.2 pounds of beef takes enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for twenty days.
- One egg has a water footprint of 53 gallons.
- With 5% of the earth's population, the U.S. consumes 20% of the world's total energy.
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