- Antarctica’s ozone hole shrunk by 4.5 million square kilometers annually. Environmental controls work.
- California’s aquifers hold 2.7 cubic kilometers instead of only 1.0 cubic kilometers; available, but deep and expensive.
- Extreme poverty fell from 94% in 1820 to 9.6% as of 2015.
- In Venezuela, 73% of the population is in poverty, and inflation is expected to exceed 700%.
- In the US, 287,000 jobs were created in June instead of the expected 165,000. Unemployment was at 4.9%. Wages were up 2.6% annually.
- The planet hit yet another temperature record at 3.3F over average. Alaska was 9.0F over average.
- Since 2007, global government debt has risen from $29.2T to $59.1T.
- When US unemployment was 5.3%, only 46% had full time jobs and only 67.5% were participating in the job market.
- Thanks to just-in-time manufacturing and on-demand shopping, transportation has risen from 14.9% of pollution to 22.5%.
- The US IRS researched the ultra-wealthy 0.001% who make more than $62,068,187 pay a lower tax rate than middle class.
- New wind and solar power plants can collectively generate 118,000 megawatts, surpassing new hydroelectricity plants which can collectively generate 22,000 megawatts.
- June’s record of 1.62 degrees above average is the 14th month of consecutive setting record average temperatures.
- Osmotic power demonstrated 10^6 W/m2, a 1,000-fold increase over solar power.
- Annual US gun deaths are 33,000; of which 22,000 are suicides (85% male) and 12,000 are homicides (rounding error).
- Between 1993 and 2012, the top 1% saw 86.1% income growth while the bottom 99% saw 6.6% growth.
- US GDP was up 1.2%. Consumer spending was up 4.2%, while durable goods orders were down 4.2%.
Pretending Not To Panic 