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<h1>Thanks to Amazon, Brick-and-Mortar Stores Have Lost 295K Jobs</h1>
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// ]]></script><p>Estimated jobs lost among brick-and-mortar stores because of Amazon sales by the end of 2015: 295,000 <sup><span>1</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>Number of U.S. workers Amazon employed at the end of 2015: 146,000</p>&#13;
<p>Number of robots working in Amazon warehouses at the end of 2014: 15,000 <sup><span>2</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>At the end of 2016: 45,000</p>&#13;
<p>Number of items a warehouse worker is expected to retrieve in a 10-hour shift: 1,200</p>&#13;
<p>Pounds of carrying capacity of one Amazon Kiva robot: 700</p>&#13;
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<p><sup><span>3,&nbsp;</span></sup><sup><span>4</span></sup></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Border Patrol cameras now monitoring the Mexican border and ports of entry: 8,000 <sup><span>5</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>Underground sensors: 11,000</p>&#13;
<p>Miles of border fencing that already exist: 688.6 <sup><span>6</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>Cost per mile of border fence constructed in 2007 by the Army Corps of Engineers and National Guard: $2.8 million</p>&#13;
<p>Cost per mile of fence constructed in 2008 by mostly private contractors: $3.9 million</p>&#13;
<p>Estimated cost per mile for the border wall called for by President Trump: $27 million <sup><span> 7</span></sup></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage of Earth&rsquo;s oxygen provided by rainforests and other land plants: 28 <sup><span>8</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of Earth&rsquo;s oxygen provided by ocean plants, including phytoplankton and kelp: 70</p>&#13;
<p>Average number of breaths a person takes in a day: 23,040 <sup><span>9</span></sup></p>&#13;
<p>Breaths for which phytoplankton Prochlorococcus provides the oxygen: 1 in 5</p>&#13;
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<p><sup><span>10</span></sup>&nbsp;<sup><span>11&nbsp;</span></sup><sup><span>12</span></sup></p>&#13;
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<p><sup><span>13</span></sup></p>&#13;
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<p><span>1. <a href="http://ilsr.org/amazon-workers/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Institute for Local Self-Reliance<br></a></span><span>2. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-robot-army-has-grown-by-50-2017-1" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider<br></a></span><span>3. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/01/trump-immigration-ban-terrorism/514361/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Atlantic<br></a></span><span>4. <a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/little-national-security-benefit-trumps-executive-order-immigration" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">CATO Institute<br></a></span><span>5. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/700-miles-fencing-us-mexico-border-exist/story?id=45045054" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">ABC News<br></a></span><span>6. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/government-accountability-office.htm" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Government Accountability Office<br></a></span><span>7. <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/s/602494/bad-math-props-up-trumps-border-wall/?utm_term=.b016f0dd7095" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">MIT Technology Review<br></a></span><span>8. <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Geographic<br></a></span><span>9. <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20100112/every-breath-you-take" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Herald Tribune<br></a></span><span>10. <a href="http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/discoveries/92-clean-plate-club" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wansink 2014, Cornell University Food &amp; Brand Lab<br></a></span><span>11. Wansink &amp;&nbsp;Ittersum, American Dietetic Association<br></span><span>12. <a href="http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases<br></a></span><span>13. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/print_2121.html" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">CIA World Factbook</a></span></p>
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Thanks to Amazon, Brick-and-Mortar Stores Have Lost 295K Jobs

// Estimated jobs lost among brick-and-mortar stores because of Amazon sales by the end of 2015: 295,000 1
Number of U.S. workers Amazon employed at the end of 2015: 146,000
Number of robots working in Amazon warehouses at the end of 2014: 15,000 2
At the end of 2016: 45,000
Number of items a warehouse worker is expected to retrieve in a 10-hour shift: 1,200
Pounds of carrying capacity of one Amazon Kiva robot: 700

Facts That Count
Facts you should know about refugees in the United States. Read more: yesmagazine.org/ptc82
Posted by YES! Magazine on Thursday, June 29, 2017

3, 4
Border Patrol cameras now monitoring the Mexican border and ports of entry: 8,000 5
Underground sensors: 11,000
Miles of border fencing that already exist: 688.6 6
Cost per mile of border fence constructed in 2007 by the Army Corps of Engineers and National Guard: $2.8 million
Cost per mile of fence constructed in 2008 by mostly private contractors: $3.9 million
Estimated cost per mile for the border wall called for by President Trump: $27 million  7
Percentage of Earth’s oxygen provided by rainforests and other land plants: 28 8
Percentage of Earth’s oxygen provided by ocean plants, including phytoplankton and kelp: 70
Average number of breaths a person takes in a day: 23,040 9
Breaths for which phytoplankton Prochlorococcus provides the oxygen: 1 in 5

Facts That Count
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1. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance2. Business Insider3. The Atlantic4. CATO Institute5. ABC News6. Government Accountability Office7. MIT Technology Review8. National Geographic9. Herald Tribune10. Wansink 2014, Cornell University Food & Brand Lab11. Wansink & Ittersum, American Dietetic Association12. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases13. CIA World Factbook