Sentences with phrase «per cent of our population produces»
«In our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in stores.
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As Chancellor Merkel has said — if Europe today accounts for just over 7 per cent of the world's population, produces around 25 per cent of global GDP and has to finance 50 per cent of global social spending, then it's obvious that it will have to work very hard to maintain its prosperity and way of life.
Within two or three generations, this produces a 50 per cent reduction in population in terms of energy, resource and space utilisation.
Farm visits With 90 per cent of the UK's population living in cities, we have become increasingly disconnected from the farms where our food is produced.
Yes, Australia only produces about 1 1/2 per cent of the world's emissions, but Australia has only about 0.3 per cent of the world's population, therefore the average Australian is responsible for (1 1/2 divided by 0.3 = 5) five times as much greenhouse gas as the average global citizen.