1 There are at least 10 times as many bacteria in the human body as cells. 2  The average adult takes over 20,000 breaths a day. 3  Each day, the kidneys process about 200 quarts (50 gallons) of blood to filter out about 2 quarst of waste and water.
Solar: According to The Solar Foundation, as of November 2014, the solar energy industry provided 173,807 direct jobs. This is a 21.8 percent increase in solar jobs from November 2013. Overall, solar jobs growth accounted for 1.3 percent of all new U.S. jobs in 2014. Factoring in indirect and induced job impacts, which amount to 531,200 additional jobs, total employment in the solar energy sector exceeds 705,000 jobs.
That so-called utility-scale solar market is still significantly bigger than the one is for homes. In the most recent quarter, there were 729 megawatts worth of solar panels installed in solar farms for utilities. At the same time there were 473 megawatts of solar panels installed on home roofs. One thousand megawatts is about the size of a large coal or natural gas plant. But the amount of U.S. residential solar panels has been growing more rapidly, and has been expanding across more states than ever before.