Saturday, January 02, 2010

The Week In Green Numbers

27.6 ft

- amount that the centre of Mexico City has sunk in the last century, due to the overexploitation of the underground aquifer beneath it #

75 km2

- area of the Amazon rainforest deforested in November #

22%

- amount of renewable energy generated in Scotland in 2008 #

15 GW

- electricity demand in the UAE last year #

40 GW

- projected electricity demand in the UAE by 2020 #

165%

- increase in sugar prices last year due to crop failure in India and heavy rains in Brazil #

40 miles per year

- rate at which the Magnetic North Pole is moving towards Russia #

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