By the Numbers
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1,300
Trucks made per day at GM’s only Detroit auto plant in 2003
230
Trucks made per day at the factory today
1985
The last year a Frenchman won the Tour de France bicycle race
0
Number of Americans who had won the race as of 1985
10
Number of times an American has won it since (not counting Floyd Landis, stripped of his victory after a positive drug test in 2006)
7
Million acres of forest in the United States killed by beetle infestations
22
Million more acres expected to die over the next 15 years
14,000
Tons of coal used each day to fuel Utah’s Hunter Power Plant
1
Ton, the amount of coal needed to provide one U.S. house with electricity for two months
Sources: New York Times Magazine; http://www.letour.fr; National Geographic