Every gallon of gas burned in an automobile produces 22 lbs of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Every molecule emitted into the atmosphere has an average lifetime of 100 years.

Americans make up less than 5% of the world’s population, yet they emit 25% of the carbon dioxide.

Fifty years ago, the earth's human population was half of today's six billion.

Half the world's forests are now gone, and well over 30 million acres more are lost each year.

In the U.S., more than half our national forests have been logged, mined or otherwise industrialized.

Climate Facts were taken from a presentaion by Dr. Von P. Walden.

The Science of Climate Change.
Von Walden, associate professor of geography at the University of Idaho.
Walden's research focuses on understanding polar climates and, in
particular, polar clouds, and he has conducted field work in both Antarctica
and the Arctic. He is also involved in a project to forecast stream flows in
Idaho. He teaches courses in meteorology, climatology, and global climatic
change.