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![]() "pearl" wrote in message ... "Jim Webster" wrote in message ... "pearl" wrote in message ... "Jim Webster" wrote in message ... "pearl" wrote in message ... "(o)(o)" wrote in message ... .. 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 Why the bloody hell don't you restrict the posting to the group you read it in, stop crossposting all this rubbish |
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