Article posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:25am

12

Percent of the energy needs of Yosemite National Park that will be supplied by its new $4.5 million solar array

$50,000

Annual savings on energy costs Yosemite will get from the array

90

Years it will take for the array to pay for itself at that rate of savings

8

Weeks, the usual lifespan of an industrially-raised chicken

7

Years, the natural lifespan of a chicken

90

Percent of broiler chickens in the United States that had been fed arsenic

46 and 56

Grams, the amount of protein the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that women and men, respectively, consume each day

18

Grams of protein per each serving of tempeh, a fermented soy product, or cooked lentils

3

Grams of fiber a serving needs to contain in order for it to be labeled “good source of fiber”

5

Grams of fiber in an apple with the peel

30

Percent of power generated by burning fossil fuels in the United States that could be replaced by capturing wasted smokestack energy – called co-generation or combined heat and power (CHP) – which would cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent

50

Percent of power generated in Denmark by CHP

848

Million tons of carbon dioxide emissions that could be eliminated if 20 percent of the United States energy needs came from CHP by the year 2030

Source: http://www.treehugger.com; http://www.smithsonianmag.com; http://www.nytimes.com; http://www.NPR.org; http://www.rodale.com