Nearly 60percentt of the world's producing oil wells are in the United States, more than in every other country in the world combined.
According to an analysis of 2009 data, the U.S., which accounts for 4percentt of the world's population, produced 88percentt of the legal speed on this planet.
THE WORLD'S GOLD MINES PRODUCE ABOUT 2,600 metric tons of gold annually, worth $30 billion.
By 1992 China and India home to 38% of the world's population were producing just 7% of the world's output, while six rich countries which accounted for just 12% of the world's population produced half of it.
The Ruhr coalfield (extending west of the Rhine and north of the Lippe) is one of the world's largest, producing the bulk of Germany's bituminous coal.
Founded in 1935, Norilsk lies north of the Arctic Circle and is one of the world's leading producing centres for nickel and platinum.
The richest tenth of the world's population produce half the CO2 emissions, while the poorest half generate just 10 per cent of them, the Oxfam report says.
For example, the power of waves and tides is a potential energy source, with the world's oceans producing a total of 3.75 terawatts of tidal power.
This desalination plant in Israel, called Sorek, is currently the world's largest, producing 625,000 cubic meters of fresh water per day.
The United States, with less than five percent of the world's people, produces a quarter of the world's air pollution.
