Permaculture - some stats that woke me up!

The US uses 1.14 million paper bags every hour.

The US uses 60,000 plastic bags every 5 seconds. Pause for a second and think of what this figure may be like globally, especially in countries with little environmental awareness. The US does have a few progressive towns that have banned free plastic bags in their stores..

It takes 98,000 tons of ancient plant matter to create 1 gallon of petrol. i was told that the average American car takes about 18 gallons. Do the maths and think of how many tons of ancient material is being depleted each time you fill the car.