- In 2007, the United States imported 58 percent of its petroleum. By 2030, this number is expected to drop to 41 percent because of advances in biofuel and coal-to-liquid technologies and increased domestic production in the Gulf of Mexico. [11]
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- There will be 611 million motor vehicles in India by 2050. There are 254 million cars on American roads today. [12]
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- By 2050, India’s demand for water will exceed all sources of supply. [14]
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- Less than 1 percent of the world’s fresh water (0.007% of all water on earth) is directly available for human use. [15]
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- 1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the combined population of the United States, Canada, and the European Union. [16]
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- China will triple its coal-fired electricity production by 2030 and will account for more than half of the increase in the world’s coal-fired electricity generation. [17]
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- The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment estimates that 5 to 20 percent of global freshwater use exceeds long-term sustainable supply. Agricultural applications raise even greater concern as an estimated 15 to 35 percent of irrigation withdrawals are in excess of sustainable limits. [18]
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- 998 million people, representing 30 percent of all urban dwellers, live in slums where they lack access to basic clean water and sanitation facilities. [20]
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