Liann
Cathlete
Hey guys, my boss just sent me this article since we are working on making "Sustainability" part of the culture here at work. Anyhow, I found some of these little facts pretty interesting, so thought I would share. Just goes to show how things can really add up!
[font color=blue]It’s Too Darn Hot[/font]
If the thermostats in every house in America were lowered 1 degree Fahrenheit during the winter, the nation would save 230 million barrels of crude oil – enough to fill an oil tanker 400 times (That’s the amount of oil being imported into the United States from Iraq each year.)
[font color=blue]Straight Flush[/font]
If homebuilders installed one dual-flush toilet instead of a standard low-flow toiled in every new house built in 2008, they would save 1.65 billion gallons of water a year.
[font color=blue]In the Can[/font]
One soft drink can recycled by each elementary school student in America would save 24.8 million cans. That would be enough aluminum to create 21 Boeing 737 airplanes.
[font color=blue]Virtual Payment[/font]
If every American switched to receiving just one bill as an electronic statement instead of a paper one, the one-time savings would be 217,800,000 sheets – enough to completely blanket the island of Key West in a single layer of paper.
[font color=blue]Use a Rake, for Goodness’ Sake![/font]
One hour of using a gas-operated leaf blower produces the same amount of greenhouse gases as a car driving 4,400 miles – that’s a round trip from Salt Lake City to New York City.
[font color=blue]Extra! Extra![/font]
If every newspaper reader in the United States recycled just one typical Sunday paper, he or she could help create 212 million pounds of cellulose insulation – enough to insulate 118,767 Habitat for Humanity houses. That’s nearly twice as many houses as all the Habitat homes built in America so far.
[font color=blue]Mood Lighting[/font]
One dimmer switch replacing a regular on/off switch in every U.S. house would save the electricity necessary to light 1.2 million homes – that’s every home in the state of Arkansas.
[font color=blue]Honor Role[/font]
Replacing just one 500-sheet roll of virgin toilet paper a year with one 500-sheet roll of 100 percent recycled paper in every American household would leave 424,000 trees standing – 16 times as many trees as in New York City’s Central Park.
[font color=blue]It’s Too Darn Hot[/font]
If the thermostats in every house in America were lowered 1 degree Fahrenheit during the winter, the nation would save 230 million barrels of crude oil – enough to fill an oil tanker 400 times (That’s the amount of oil being imported into the United States from Iraq each year.)
[font color=blue]Straight Flush[/font]
If homebuilders installed one dual-flush toilet instead of a standard low-flow toiled in every new house built in 2008, they would save 1.65 billion gallons of water a year.
[font color=blue]In the Can[/font]
One soft drink can recycled by each elementary school student in America would save 24.8 million cans. That would be enough aluminum to create 21 Boeing 737 airplanes.
[font color=blue]Virtual Payment[/font]
If every American switched to receiving just one bill as an electronic statement instead of a paper one, the one-time savings would be 217,800,000 sheets – enough to completely blanket the island of Key West in a single layer of paper.
[font color=blue]Use a Rake, for Goodness’ Sake![/font]
One hour of using a gas-operated leaf blower produces the same amount of greenhouse gases as a car driving 4,400 miles – that’s a round trip from Salt Lake City to New York City.
[font color=blue]Extra! Extra![/font]
If every newspaper reader in the United States recycled just one typical Sunday paper, he or she could help create 212 million pounds of cellulose insulation – enough to insulate 118,767 Habitat for Humanity houses. That’s nearly twice as many houses as all the Habitat homes built in America so far.
[font color=blue]Mood Lighting[/font]
One dimmer switch replacing a regular on/off switch in every U.S. house would save the electricity necessary to light 1.2 million homes – that’s every home in the state of Arkansas.
[font color=blue]Honor Role[/font]
Replacing just one 500-sheet roll of virgin toilet paper a year with one 500-sheet roll of 100 percent recycled paper in every American household would leave 424,000 trees standing – 16 times as many trees as in New York City’s Central Park.
