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The economics that lie behine a starbux short cappuccino

From Slate

Total debt of the United States is now $8.248 trillion

Total debt of the United States is now

$8.248 trillion, or
$8,248 billion, or
$8,248,000 million.

Let’s just say this is enough to make instant millionaires out of 2.8% of the population of the country! Or in other words, create instant millionaires out of almost 1 in 30 people in the country! (source)

LA smog: 25% of it actually belongs to China

China is already the world's second-biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions and is expected to surpass the United States as the biggest.

- A third of China is exposed to acid rain
- 400,000 people die prematurely every year in China from diseases linked to air pollution
- on certain days almost 25 percent of the particulate matter clotting the skies above Los Angeles can be traced to China

Via BoingBoing. Source: New York Times (login required)