Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Week In Green Numbers

44billion

- tonnes of CO2 saved if you changed the colours of the surfaces in the world's 100 largest cities

80%

- amount of Europe's energy produced by fossil fuels

80%

- amount of Europe's energy that could be produced by a string of solar thermal plants in North Africa

$550million

- value of the electric sports car company Tesla after Daimler bought a 9% stake

52

- number of UK bird species on the latest RSPB "red list" which are considered under threat

2 comments:

donna said...

interesting post, makes you think doesn't it.
where do you find your green number facts?

Despairing said...

I pick them up in various news stories during the week. Sometimes the story isn't worth a full post from me, sometimes I think it'll be all over the green blogosphere so I won't bother, and sometimes I do mention them before.