Saturday, October 31, 2009

The Week In Green Numbers

65%

- greater CO2 emissions of CD's compared to downloads #

52.5 billion kWh

- the amount of electricity generated by nuclear power in the UK in 2008 #

809 billion kWh

- the amount of electricity generated by nuclear power in the US in 2008 #

80

- number of proposed nuclear reactors in China #

60%

- number of Americans who now back "cap and trade" #

£70 million

- cost of a 190-hectare plot of land next to Sellafield nuclear power station in England, bought by a consortium of European energy companies #

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