{"id":431,"date":"2009-02-02T01:35:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T05:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.underwater.ca\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2018-09-22T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T10:31:56","slug":"3-jaw-dropping-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwater.ca\/blog\/3-jaw-dropping-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-Dropping Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

For inspiration to help develop an idea for a semester long project, my\u00a0Mainstreaming Information<\/a> class was asked to present three examples of \u201cjaw-dropping\u201d statistics that highlight a particularly surprising situation or trend. I think much can be said about the following shocking data that affect our planet both environmentally and socially:<\/p>\n

The Basic Problem with Coffee Cups<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • Paper cup use in 2006 accounted for 4 billion gallons of water wasted, 6.5 million trees cut down, and 4,884 billion BTU\u2019s of energy used.<\/li>\n
  • At the University of Washington, a college of roughly 42 thousand students, the Housing and Food Services Department estimates that 5000 paper coffee cups are thrown away every school day.<\/li>\n
  • Starbucks found that 1.9 billion cups were used by Starbucks in 2000. In 2006, Starbucks reported that this figure had grown to 2.3 billion cups for use at their stores.<\/li>\n
  • Starbucks has begun to use cups made from 10% post-consumer materials, while the remaining 90% of the cup is composed of new paper releases methane, a greenhouse gas with 23 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide.<\/li>\n

    How often do we lie to others?<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Most people lie to others once or twice a day and deceive about 30 people per week. The average is 7 times per hour if you count all the times people lie to themselves.<\/li>\n
  • 75% of all lies are for admittedly selfish purposes with 25% told for allegedly unselfish purposes.<\/li>\n
  • 35 percent of resumes contain lies<\/li>\n
  • We lie in 30 to 38% of all our interactions<\/li>\n

    How much shower water does one person consume in a week?<\/a><\/p>\n

  • One person can use almost 11,000 gallons a year if they take a 15 minute shower every day<\/li>\n
  • You can save water by simply reducing the water flow from your hot or cold water faucets to regulate temperature instead of increasing the flow<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For inspiration to help develop an idea for a semester long project, my\u00a0Mainstreaming Information class was asked to present three examples of \u201cjaw-dropping\u201d statistics that highlight a particularly surprising situation or trend. I think much can be said about the following shocking data that affect our planet both environmentally and socially: The Basic Problem with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-visualizations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t