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To: Lane3 who wrote (100748)	2/16/2005 12:00:03 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793707

The relationship between global warming and smog This is the best definition I could find for smog. A mixture of pollutants, principally ground-level ozone, produced by chemical reactions in the air involving smog-forming chemicals. A major portion of smog-formers comes from burning petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline. Other smog-formers, volatile organic compounds, are found in products such as paints and solvents. Smog can harm health, damage the environment and cause poor visibility. Major smog occurrences are often linked to heavy motor vehicle traffic, sunshine, high temperatures and calm winds, or temperature inversion (weather condition in which warm air is trapped close to the ground instead of rising). I can't give you the mathematics of how much burning petroleum based fuels contribute to smog and or global warming - but I see a strong relationship - if not one and the same thing.

To: Lane3 who wrote (100748)	2/16/2005 11:47:49 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793707

From BBC: China consumes most, report says After seeing the smog and emission pics from China and India, we might add this article to the equation as well. China consumes most, report says China has overtaken the United States in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods, a new survey says. It is now the world's biggest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel. Only in oil does the US consume more. China is well ahead of the US in the consumption of goods such as television sets, refrigerators and mobile phones. The Washington-based Earth Policy Institute says that China is now an emerging economic superpower. However, per capita consumption in China, the world's most populous country, remains far below that of the US. According to the report: 64m tons of meat were consumed in China in 2004 compared to 38m tons in the US 258m tons of steel were used in China in 2003 compared to 104m in the US China's factories and homes burned 40% more coal than in the US The number of PCs in China is doubling every 28 months. 'Writing history' The latest official figures for the Chinese economy, the sixth-largest in the world, show that it is growing even faster than expected. It expanded by 9.5% in 2004, its highest rate for eight years, the figures show. "China's eclipse of the United States as a consumer nation should be seen as another milestone along the path of its evolution as a world economic leader," Lester Brown, the institute's president said. "China is no longer just a developing country," he said. "It is an emerging economic superpower, one that is writing economic history". The report said China's massive appetite for goods ranging from grain to platinum had placed it "at the centre of the world raw materials economy." "Its voracious appetite for materials was driving up not only commodity prices but ocean shipping rates as well," it said. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/02/17 02:16:24 GMT © BBC MMVChina consumes most, report says China has overtaken the United States in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods, a new survey says. It is now the world's biggest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel. Only in oil does the US consume more. China is well ahead of the US in the consumption of goods such as television sets, refrigerators and mobile phones. The Washington-based Earth Policy Institute says that China is now an emerging economic superpower. However, per capita consumption in China, the world's most populous country, remains far below that of the US. According to the report: 64m tons of meat were consumed in China in 2004 compared to 38m tons in the US 258m tons of steel were used in China in 2003 compared to 104m in the US China's factories and homes burned 40% more coal than in the US The number of PCs in China is doubling every 28 months. 'Writing history' The latest official figures for the Chinese economy, the sixth-largest in the world, show that it is growing even faster than expected. It expanded by 9.5% in 2004, its highest rate for eight years, the figures show. "China's eclipse of the United States as a consumer nation should be seen as another milestone along the path of its evolution as a world economic leader," Lester Brown, the institute's president said. "China is no longer just a developing country," he said. "It is an emerging economic superpower, one that is writing economic history". The report said China's massive appetite for goods ranging from grain to platinum had placed it "at the centre of the world raw materials economy." "Its voracious appetite for materials was driving up not only commodity prices but ocean shipping rates as well," it said. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/02/17 02:16:24 GMT © BBC MMV