Rank of U.S. cars and trucks among the world’s top CO2 producing nations: 5
Rank of the United States as a whole: 1
Year in which Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards were set: 1975
Number of times the standard has been raised since then: 0
Percentage change in number of highway vehicles in America between 1970 and 1999: + 99.5
Number of vehicles per licensed driver in the U.S. in 1999: 1.12
Rank of gas mileage among the 35 things Americans say they look for in buying a new car or truck today: 20
Rank of gas mileage among things Americans said they were looking for in 1980: 1
Percentage change in Florida SUV registrations from 1992 to 1997: + 113.3
Year in which the Ford Motor Company acknowledged the environmental problems associated with SUVs: 2000
Year in which SUV and light truck sales surpassed passenger car sales: 2001
Percentage more carbon dioxide a Ford Excursion produces than a Honda Insight: 500
Percentage of respondents in August, 2000 poll able to name either Honda Insight or Toyota Prius as one hybrid car available in U.S.: 2
Number of Americans, according to the American Lung Association, who live in areas where the air is unhealthy to breathe: 117 million
Percent of SUV deaths caused by rollovers: 62
Percent of car deaths caused by rollovers: 22
Chances that an SUV driver will die in an accident as compared to the chances that a car driver will: 1:1
Population of Florida: 16 million
Percentage of Florida’s population living within 35 miles of coastal areas: 95
Population of Florida panthers in the wild: 50
Rank of Florida among states with lowest mean elevation: 49
Sea level rise, in feet, expected in next century: 2
Annual estimated revenue generated by Florida’s beaches: $15 billion.
Estimated cumulative cost of sand replenishment to protect Florida’s coast from a 20-inch rise in sea level by 2100: $1.7-8.8 billion
Degrees Fahrenheit by which Florida’s average temperature is expected to increase by 2100: 4 to 10
Degrees, in Fahrenheit, by which the Florida heat index (combined heat and humidity) is likely to rise by the year 2100: 8 to 15
Number of the 10 hottest years on record since 1990: 9
Rank of 2001 among the hottest years on record: 2
