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« In a recent survey of 2,500 Chinese residents averaging 30 years in age living in mid- to big-sized cities in 31 provinces, 80% were aware of global warming but 85% would happily buy a car, probably due to the attitude that 78% thought the environmental management was the government’s responsibility.
An estimated 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks were disposed of in China in 2006, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million trees. »

About 50 billion sq ft of drywall got produced in the US in 2006, consuming almost 1% of all US energy consumed and creating 51 million tons of greenhouse gases in the process.

Posted by envirostats on Tuesday, August 21, 2007

- Serious Materials CEO Kevin Surace, quoted at Treehugger.com

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« In a recent survey of 2,500 Chinese residents averaging 30 years in age living in mid- to big-sized cities in 31 provinces, 80% were aware of global warming but 85% would happily buy a car, probably due to the attitude that 78% thought the environmental management was the government’s responsibility.
An estimated 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks were disposed of in China in 2006, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million trees. »