Green Energy Statistics
January 13, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Energy Statistics
Some Green Energy Statistics you may not know.
300
How many dollars an Iowa farmer might get for the ethanol produced by a quarter-acre of corn.
300,000
How many dollars the farmer might get for a year’s worth of electricity generated by the green energy technology of wind turbines on that same quarter-acre.
Source: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, by Lester R. Brown
600
The number of gallons of water it takes to grow the corn that feeds the cow that produces one 1/3-pound hamburger.
Source: “Water Consciousness,” edited by Tara Lohan
1,000
How many kilowatt hours of electricity the average household blows through annually on things that are turned off but still plugged in. Items left on standby continue to use energy on functions like digital clocks, and any item with an external transformer is pulling power constantly.
