The Human Footprint (1)
On 26th April 2007, Channel 4 television showed a programme called “The Human Footprint”. The programme featured a host of fascinating statistics which are averages per person over a lifetime of 78.5 years. Of course, averages only tell us about typical behaviour and the figures will vary greatly between individuals, but I thought that each day this week I would share with you a few of these figures.
In an average lifetime, you will drink 15,951 pints of milk. To produce this amount of milk for the population, 2.1 million cows are needed, eating 100 kilograms of grass a day.
89% of us will eat meat. The average person will in a lifetime eat 4 head of cattle, 21 sheep, 15 pigs, 1,200 chickens and 13,345 eggs.
Also you will eat 2,327 kg of potatoes, 4,283 loaves of bread, 5,272 apples, 10,866 carrots, 845 tins of bake beans, and 10,000 chocolate bars representing 8.2 kg a year of chocolate.
95% of our food is imported. Food packaging will represent 8.5 tons.
You will drink 10,351 pints of beer, 1,694 bottles of wine, and 74,842 cups of tea.