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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1363)	2/27/2001 1:05:41 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12411

Yes, I'm in BC. We are having a very dry winter; but I can't recall ever there being power problems here as a result of water supply; but perhaps we will have less to spare later. Re global warming, I think its entirely feasible that our part in the process is small in context although I do think we should avoid complicating problems and processes we know little about. The 50 year rule - common practices 50 years ago are frequently found to be harmful or socially unacceptable. Perhaps we'll be cursing some things in 50 years, but seems to me that common sense can help avoid complicating some issues. This whole meat production issue in Europe is interesting to me. I was a vegetarian for some time, but as a result of a new marriage, my wife's two pregnancies and so on, changed back to a meat eater. These days I'm tempted to return to my former lifestyle and not just because of the recent press but certainly it is stirring up old thinking. There was a very interesting article by a Bolivian cattle rancher who used to be in the US Securities industry... and I can't find it on the Globe and Mail site now. Basically sit compared the high tech ways with the old ways of meat production and the conclusion was - eat less meat but it will be better healthier product. One quote by a USDA scientist I think it was - something like this ' without the regime of antibiotics and other drugs we treat the cattle with, they would typically all die within weeks of disease ' - all due to the 'high output' style of farming. I'm sure its a very complex topic that one article doesn't do justice too, but I have to lean to the side of the Bolivian cattle rancher here if for no other reason than it sounds like common sense to me. Oh yeah, sell NQ. Back on topic. Cheers Mike