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Cardinal Numbers

November/December 2004

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People on earth, in billions: 6.2

Cattle on earth, in billions: 1.3

Methane, in tons, produced by the world's cattle every year: 100,000,000

Average daily subsidy, in dollars, paid to a cow in the European Union: 2.50

Percentage of the world's population living on less than $2 per day: 50

Sources: Ehrlich & Ehrlich, One With Nineveh; Science Friday; Wuerthner, Welfare Ranching

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