China bans toxic American computer junk

From: Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co>
Date: Sat Jun 8 17:49:29 2002

At 05:01 PM 6/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> His pop opposes the Basel convention, and he (Dubya) opposes the Kyoto
treaty
>
>"As Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist points out,
>under the most rigorous adherence to Kyoto, atmospheric temperature will
>increase by 3.5 degrees Farenheit by 2100. Without Kyoto, we'll get the same
>temperature increase by 2094.

This guy Lomborg (a statistician by training, not a world climate
scientist) has largely been proved illiterate in the field of
climate change physics and facetious too. Scientists (even those
who do oppose the conclusions of the majority regarding climate change)
do not take him seriously.

>Kyoto saves us 6 whole years, and at a staggering cost of $350 Billion
>to $900 Billion per year. That's insanity. For a one time cost of just $200
>Billion, developed nations could provide clean drinking water and sanitation
>for every human on earth, saving two million lives per year."
>
> - as quoted from "The Week"

Pretty bad for the credibility of "the week", I'm afraid.

carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Sat Jun 08 2002 - 17:49:29 BST