Average American consumes 50,000 pounds of raw materials annually for the stuff they buy

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceDec 10, 2013, 10:50 am101 pts
The average American car weighs about 3,000 pounds. But to produce that vehicle, a lot more raw materials were used than its final weight! Maybe as much as 100 times more, as reported by scientists in a recent paper in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science. For this car to be produced, iron ore is…

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