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That's our dimbo. He cares little for himself or his own family, let
alone the global community.

That is clear, and he doesn't seem to realise that most people reading
this do care about other human beings, if not biodiversity and
sustainability.

no, I'm posting for those intelligent enough to work out that the ones
who
matter are the Brazilians, Chinese and Indians,

That doesn't require any working out.

you are having trouble grasping it

No, you seem to be, but of course no one could be that stupid.

This is from my reply to the post you removed 3 Newsgroups
from, btw. You sorely need a better edjumacation, webster..

'The USSR was the largest grain importer in the world in the 1980s,
importing an average of 36 million tonnes per year, much of which
went to Russia (Figure 3). At the end of the 1980s the Russian
Federation was importing about 20 million tonnes of grain per year.
[3] After 1993, however, the Russian Federation drastically reduced
imports of grain. This is entirely reasonable, since feed demand for
grain had fallen due to the fall in livestock inventories. Meat imports,
particularly of poultry meat, increased rather dramatically in these
years (Figure 3). The rouble devaluation of 1998 caused a decrease
in meat imports. But healthy economic growth between 1999 and
2001 fuelled a growth in meat imports once again.

The main reasons for these revolutionary changes in Russian
agricultural production, use and trade lie in a change in the position
of the livestock sector in Russian agriculture in the Soviet period
and after. In the 1960s and 1970s, Krushchev and particularly
Brezhnev made the decision to improve the Soviet standard of
living primarily by increasing consumption of livestock products.
To increase meat production, the Brezhnev regime concentrated
on investing in "industrial" livestock production (Van Atta, 1993).
Demand for meat was ensured by keeping Soviet retail prices for
meat virtually constant from the mid-1960s to 1990. Increasing
livestock inventories also required increases in grain for feed.
Soviet grain production increases (predominantly in Russia and
Kazakhstan) of about 60 million tonnes per year from the early
1960s to the late 1970s was not sufficient to support the increase
in livestock inventories. For this reason, Soviet imports of grain
increased from near zero in 1970 to 36 million tonnes per year in
the 1980s (Shend, 1993).
...'
http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5069e/y5069e03.htm

pete and pearl and irrelevent

I do hope that you're enjoying the weather.

of course, as our house was built four or more centuries before planning
acts it is in a sensible place.
As opposed to where local government would want us to build

Yeah, they sure don't make things like they used to or should
( http://www.kintaline.co.uk/stormatjims.html ) , but at least
these days there's insurance to pick up the tab, and as long as
jim personally is ok, then surely that's all that matters (to jim).

'Europe Mops Up After Storm Kills 47
By DAVID RISING
AP

BERLIN (Jan. 19) - Europeans worked Friday to restore
services across the continent after hurricane-force winds
toppled trees, brought down power lines and damaged
buildings, killing at least 47 people and disrupting travel
for tens of thousands.
...
Hurricane-force winds and driving rain left 14 people dead
in Britain, 12 in Germany, six each in the Netherlands and
Poland, four in the Czech Republic, three in France and
two in Belgium.

It was the highest death toll from a storm in Europe since
1999, when gales downed trees and driving snow brought
on avalanches, killing more than 120 in three days.

Climate researchers had been predicting stormy weather
this year for parts of Europe, saying that unusually high
temperatures in the North Atlantic, around 1 to 2 degrees
above normal _ would allow winds to accumulate more
moisture and surge in energy.

Researchers said that while no single storm could be linked
to rising temperatures, global warming could result in more
such tempestuous weather. Europe has been experiencing
an extremely warm winter and has already been hit by
several wind storms.

"In times of rapid climactic change, extreme events arise
more frequently," said Peter Werner of the Potsdam
Institute for Climate Research.
....
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...90001?cid=2359

'Global warming: the final verdict

A study by the world's leading experts says global warming will
happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought

Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 21, 2007
The Observer

Global warming is destined to have a far more destructive and
earlier impact than previously estimated, the most authoritative
report yet produced on climate change will warn next week.

A draft copy of the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, obtained by The
Observer, shows the frequency of devastating storms - like the
ones that battered Britain last week - will increase dramatically.
Sea levels will rise over the century by around half a metre;
snow will disappear from all but the highest mountains; deserts
will spread; oceans become acidic, leading to the destruction
of coral reefs and atolls; and deadly heatwaves will become
more prevalent.

The impact will be catastrophic, forcing hundreds of millions
of people to flee their devastated homelands, particularly in
tropical, low-lying areas, while creating waves of immigrants
whose movements will strain the economies of even the most
affluent countries.
........
'We are like alcoholics who have got as far as admitting there
is a problem. It is a start. Now we have got to start drying out
- which means reducing our carbon output.'

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...995348,00.html

'Livestock a major threat to environment
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/...448/index.html

'As stocks run out and harvests fail, the world faces its worst
crisis for 30 years
http://news.independent.co.uk/enviro...cle1325467.ece