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    \nthere are over 5,000 ships criss-crossing<\/q> https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/198227\/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

    \nMany run on bunker fuel<\/q> Hack, K., \u2018US demand for residual fuel oil rose late in 2021\u2019<\/cite>, Today in Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=51298<\/a>; Schnurr, R. E. J., and Walker, T. R., \u2018Marine transportation and energy use\u2019<\/cite>, Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 29 November 2019, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-409548-9.09270-8<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nonly about 10 percent of the plastic we recycle<\/q> Ljungkvist Nordin, H., and West\u00f6\u00f6, A.-K., Plastic in Sweden: Facts and Practical Advice. A Short Version of Kartl\u00e4ggning av Plastfl\u00f6den i Sverige<\/span><\/cite> (Mapping Plastic Flows in Sweden), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 2019, https:\/\/www.naturvardsverket.se\/globalassets\/media\/publikationer-pdf\/8800\/978-91-620-8854-5.pdf<\/a>, https:\/\/www.dn.se\/vetenskap\/sopeldning-av-plast-varmer-svenskarna-om-vintern\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    where a huge proportion of our recycled materials end up<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/jun\/17\/recycled-plastic-america-global-crisis<\/a>
    \n    https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/whopping-91-percent-plastic-isnt-recycled<\/a>
    \n    https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-49827945;
    \n\thttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/aug\/17\/plastic-recycling-myth-what-really-happens-your-rubbish
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    those mighty vessels often sail back completely empty<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/this-is-why-almost-half-of-cargo-ships-are-sailing-around-empty-11623790696<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nEvery year, 8 million tonnes of plastic waste<\/q> National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste<\/span><\/cite> (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2022), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17226\/26132<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nEvery day, we use around 100 million barrels of oil<\/q> Blas, J., and Hurst, L., \u2018BP says oil demand is back above 100 million barrels a day\u2019<\/cite>, Bloomberg, 2 November 2021, https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-11-02\/bp-says-oil-demand-is-back-above-100-million-barrels-a-day<\/a>. BP, \u2018Oil\u2019, in Statistical Review of World Energy 2021<\/span>, July 2021, https:\/\/www.bp.com\/content\/dam\/bp\/business-sites\/en\/global\/corporate\/pdfs\/energy-economics\/statistical-review\/bp-stats-review-2021-oil.pdf<\/a>; S\u00f6nnichsen, N., \u2018Daily global crude oil demand 2006\u20132019\u2019<\/cite>, Statista, 2019, https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/271823\/daily-global-crude-oil-demand-since-2006\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

    \nEvery minute, we subsidize the production and burning of coal<\/q> Parry, I. W. H., et al., et al., Still Not Getting Energy Prices Right: A Global and Country Update of Fossil Fuel Subsidies<\/span><\/cite>, International Monetary Fund working paper, 24 September 2021, https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Publications\/WP\/Issues\/2021\/09\/23\/Still-Not-Getting-Energy-Prices-Right-A-Global-and-Country-Update-of-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-466004<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nEvery second \u2026 a football field of forest is cut down<\/q> https:\/\/www.theworldcounts.com\/challenges\/planet-earth\/forests-and-deserts\/rate-of-deforestation<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nAnnually, we are spending $5.9 trillion<\/q> Parry, Still Not Getting Energy Prices Right<\/span><\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThere are currently around 1.4 billion motor vehicles<\/q>, https:\/\/hedgescompany.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/how-many-cars-are-there-in-the-world\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthat figure will reach 2 billion by 2035<\/q>, https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1093560_1-2-billion-vehicles-on-worlds-roads-now-2-billion-by-2035-report<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n6.45 gigatonnes of CO2<\/sub> emissions<\/q> Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, \u2018Wildfires wreaked havoc in 2021, CAMS tracked their impact\u2019<\/cite>, 6 December 2021, https:\/\/atmosphere.copernicus.eu\/wildfires-wreaked-havoc-2021-cams-tracked-their-impact<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nBefore the pandemic we were using 100 million barrels<\/q> BP, \u2018Oil\u2019<\/cite>; S\u00f6nnichsen, \u2018Daily global crude oil demand 2006\u20132019\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \non track to surpass that in 2023<\/q> Rystad Energy, \u2018Oil at $100 could trigger an additional 2.2 million bpd of US tight oil output by 2023\u2019<\/cite>, 14 February 2022, https:\/\/www.rystadenergy.com\/newsevents\/news\/press-releases\/Oil-at-100-could-trigger-an-additional-2-2-million-bpd-of-US-tight-oil-output-by-2023\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \ncould save us up to 8 billion tonnes of CO2<\/sub> every year<\/q> Springmann, M., et al., \u2018Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change co-benefits of dietary change\u2019<\/cite>, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 113 (15), 2016: 4146\u201351, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1523119113<\/a>; Stehfest, E., et al., \u2018Climate benefits of changing diet\u2019<\/cite>, Climate Change<\/span>, 95 (1\u20132), 2009: 83\u2013102, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10584-008-9534-6<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nan area the size of north and South America combined<\/q>, https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/land-use-diets<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \ncould feed ourselves using 76 per cent less land<\/q> Poore, J., and Nemecek, T., \u2018Reducing food\u2019s environmental impacts through producers and consumers\u2019<\/cite>, Science<\/span>, 360 (6392), 2018: 987\u201392, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aaq0216<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nwe currently kill more than 70 billion animals every year<\/q> https:\/\/faunalytics.org\/global-animal-slaughter-statistics-and-charts\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nare estimated to be around 6 per cent<\/q> https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/nov\/11\/worlds-militaries-avoiding-scrutiny-over-emissions<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nabout 4 percent of our total climate impact<\/q> https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-24091-y<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nemissions for the entire tourist industry<\/q> https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-24091-y<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    All online sources accessed on 7 March 2022 there are over 5,000 ships criss-crossing https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/198227\/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011\/ Many run on bunker fuel Hack, K., \u2018US demand for residual fuel oil rose late in 2021\u2019, Today in Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=51298; Schnurr, R. E. J., and Walker, T. R., \u2018Marine transportation and energy use\u2019, Elsevier Reference…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":150,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-essay.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}