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To: E who wrote (3202)	10/29/2002 12:20:56 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 7689

livingto100.com Interesting quiz.....I was ok til question no. 4 ("Do you avoid butter, cream, sweets and other saturated fats as well as fried food (eg. French Fries)"). I went back and changed my answer to that question and my life expectancy calculation jumped by two years. <g> As it was, they predicted I would live 79.4 years. So I guess I am more than halfway finished with this life.

To: E who wrote (3202)	10/31/2002 3:00:59 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 7689

We're not the only ones who don't like Kyoto when it's our ox that is being gored. India rejects pressure to cut greenhouse gases Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Posted: 8:20 AM EST (1320 GMT) NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- India, one of the world's most populous but poorest countries, rejected pressure for poor nations to step up efforts to cut gases that contribute to global warming. Developing countries struggling to feed their hungry produced only a tiny fraction of greenhouse gases and could not afford the cost of extra emissions cuts, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said in opening ministerial talks at a U.N. climate conference on Wednesday. "Developing countries do not have adequate resources to meet their human needs," he told thousands of delegates from 185 member states of the U.N. Climate Change Convention at the gathering in the Indian capital, New Delhi. "Climate change mitigation will bring additional strain to the already fragile economies of the developing countries and will affect our efforts to achieve higher... (economic) growth rates to eradicate poverty speedily." Ministers from more than 80 countries began two days of talks at what is likely to be the last major climate change meeting before the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming is expected to take effect next year. The pact aims to cut greenhouse emissions from the developed world, which account for the overwhelming bulk of the gases, to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Poor nations, small polluters But the protocol does not yet set emissions restrictions for developing countries and some industrialized nations want them to shoulder a greater share of the burden. The United States, the world's biggest air polluter, has refused to ratify the Kyoto deal, saying it would hurt the U.S. economy. "Our per capita greenhouse gas emissions are only a fraction of the world average," Vajpayee said, "and in order of magnitude below that of many developed countries. "This situation will not change for decades to come." The 10-day conference which began earlier this week with talks among officials is considering how to implement the Kyoto protocol and deal with the impact of global climate change. Splits have already emerged, with the European Union expressing concern a draft declaration was too weak. "The European Union thinks the declaration is not strong enough. It should include the Kyoto Protocol," conference spokesman Michael Williams said on Monday. The draft, expected to be adopted largely unchanged by the ministers, calls for increased cooperation on combating climate change but that measures "should be appropriate for the conditions of each party" and national development priorities. cnn.com