Each Gallon of gas burned releases 2.2 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In a year, the average car emits five tons of carbon dioxide into the air.

 There are 120 million automobiles in the United States in use daily and they account for 33% of all carbon dioxide and 45% of all nitrous oxide released into the sky, making the car the largest contributor to global warming.

 Half of all automobile trips in the United States are under 3 miles, a distance that could be walked in less than 1 hour which is cheaper and better on the environment.

 Air pollution costs the U.S. as much as $40 billion annually in health care cost and lost economic productivity based on Worldwatch state of the World Report.

Americans use approximately 2.2 billion pounds of pesticides every year. Research shows that target pests will eventually develop resistance to these pesticides anyways.

More than 100 active pesticides ingredients are suspected of causing cancer, birth defects, and genemutation.

The cost of one nuclear weapon alone could finance the installment of eighty thousand and pumps, giving third world villages access to clean their environment.

An estimated cost to clean up the 24,000 nuclear facilities range from $100 billion to $400 billion.

Mowing the lawn with a gas mower produces as much pollution in half an hour as driving a car 172 miles.

Everyone has some amount of dioxin in their body, and the average level is already high enough to endanger health.