Facts to make you think

Solar

- In one second, our sun produces enough energy to meet the current needs of the entire Earth for 500,000 years

8 minutes
The time it takes for light from the sun to reach Earth

4 trillion 100 watt bulbs
Equivelant to the amount of solar energy hitting the Earth every second

4 million barrels of oil
Equivelant to the amount of solar energy that hits one square mile each year

1% of U.S. electricity
The percentage of U.S. energy generated from solar power

Corporate

The biggest retailer in the world covers an area larger than Manhattan

-The island of Manhattan is approximately 15,000 acres; Walmart total store acreage 18,810

Pesticides

2/3
Pounds of pesticides used to grow the cotton for one pair of non-organic jeans

1,500,000
Number of children examined in an Indiana University study that concluded that children born in spring perform worse in math and English because they were conceived in summer, when pesticide use and exposure is highest

6
Times greater the incidence of children born with autism to mothers living within 500 meters of California fields sprayed with pesticides than the rate of autism births nationwide

245,000
Number of fish killed in 1995 when a heavy rainstorm caused runoff from Alabama cotton fields into a nearby creek

75
Estimated percentage of pesticides sprayed from a crop duster that blow away rather than reach the ground

5
Number of the 9 most common pesticides used on cotton that are classified as "known carcinogens" by the EPA

8-10
Number of years it takes to develop a new pesticide for use on cotton, ata a cost of $100 million

5-6
Number of years it takes weevils to become immune to a new pesticide

23
Number of elementary-school children whose urine revealed the presence of pesticides at the beginning of an Emory University study

1
Number of those same children whose urine contained any detectable traces of pesticides after four days of eating organic food

10,400
Number of people who die in the U.S. each year from cancer related to pesticide exposure

250
Number of people in the U.S. killed each year by assault rifles

14,000,000
Number of people in the U.S. who routinely drink water contaminated with carcinogenic herbicides

90
Percentage of municipal water treatment facilities lacking equipment to remove these chemicals from drinking water