Jonathan Trent stores scores of statistics in his head, numbers he easily spouts at a moment’s notice. Among them: By the end of the century, an estimated 40 percent of plant and animals species will die out, partly due to climate change. It takes 2,000 gallons of fresh water to produce one gallon of ethanol from corn. Biofuel can be produced at the rate of 50 gallons per acre per year from soybeans; 160 gallons from canola and 650 gallons from palm, while algae can produce 2,000 gallons per acre per year. The city of Santa Cruz flushes 10 million gallons of treated wastewater per day into the Monterey Bay. read the full article at Good Times.
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This post was written by Anders Riel Muller on August 27, 2009
