(42) Rainforests * Estimated area of rainforest destroyed annually: 125.000 square miles (43) * Amount of meat imported in 1987 by US from Central and South America: 300 million pounds (44) * Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests and related habitats: 1.000/year (45) * Amount of medicines available today that have been derived from plants: one-quarter (46) * Leading cause of rainforest destruction in Central America: Cattle production (47) * Amount of Central American rainforests cleared to create pastureland for cattle: 25% (48) * Monetary value of 50 years harvest from one hectare of naturally occurring rainforest produce: $6.330 (49) * Monetary value of 50 years production of cattle ranching from one hectare of cleared and burned rainforest: $2.960 (50) Carbon dioxide * Amount of global carbon dioxide emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels: two-thirds * Amount of fossil fuels burned to produce the beef currently eaten annually by the average US family of four: 200 gallons (51) * Amount of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere by burning 200 gallons of fossil fuels: 2 tons (52 ) * Amount of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere by the average American car in six months: 2.5 tons (53) * Estimated atmospheric carbon dioxide released in the production of an average steak: The same as a 25-mile drive in a typical American car.
(atmospheric carbon dioxide; released; L:in the production of an average steak) (Estimated area of rainforest; destroyed; T:annually) (global carbon dioxide emissions; created; by the burning of fossil fuels) (Amount of meat; imported; T:in 1987; by US; from Central and South America) (carbon dioxide; released; L:in the atmosphere; by the average American car; T:in six months) (carbon dioxide; released; L:in the atmosphere) (200 gallons (51) * Amount of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere by burning 200 gallons of fossil fuels; Estimated; ) (125.000 square miles (43) * Amount of meat imported in 1987 by US from Central and South America: 300 million pounds (44) * Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests and related habitats: 1.000/year (45) * Amount of medicines available today; have been derived; from plants) (the beef; eaten; T:annually; by the average US family of four; T:currently)
atmospheric carbon dioxide Estimated area of rainforest global carbon dioxide emissions Amount of meat carbon dioxide carbon dioxide 200 gallons (51) * Amount of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere by burning 200 gallons of fossil fuels 125.000 square miles (43) * Amount of meat imported in 1987 by US from Central and South America: 300 million pounds (44) * Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests and related habitats: 1.000/year (45) * Amount of medicines available today the beef
released destroyed created imported released released Estimated have been derived eaten
L:in the production of an average steak
T:annually
by the burning of fossil fuels
T:in 1987 by US from Central and South America
L:in the atmosphere by the average American car T:in six months
L:in the atmosphere
from plants
T:annually by the average US family of four T:currently