Research has actually shown that in recent years, there are over fifteen billion batteries produced every single year. On the surface, batteries may not appear to be causing any pollution when being used. However, batteries actually do contribute to the overall pollution. If one were to look at the amount of pollution caused by batteries in the context of their entire lifespan — from the time when miners retrieve the raw materials for their construction through their use on applications up to the time when owners haul them to the dump, the amount of pollution produced is significantly high, considering the number of batteries produced each year.
The lack of water resources planning and management in Yemen, an Arabic country located on the Arabian peninsula across the Red Sea from Ethiopia, threatens the existence of life and hinders the progression of Yemeni society. Education is the ultimate solution to the inefficient distribution of water. Egypt poses as the best model for application of hydraulic and hydrologic principles to solve the water deficit in an extremely arid climate. Sudan also exemplifies an arid country which received financial aid during its post-independence era characterized by non-oppressive government.