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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (22211)	8/27/2007 9:37:41 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Respond to of 71588

From Tim again...<g>: Sunday, August 19, 2007 STOP BUYING STUFF Sydney Morning Herald environment reporter Wendy Frew reveals the hideous cause of global warming. Apparently it’s everything: New data shows the electricity and water used to produce everything people buy - from food and clothing to CDs and electrical appliances - far outweighs any efforts to save water and power in the home, according to an extensive analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation and the University of Sydney ... Shopping habits represent such a large part of greenhouse gas emissions that even if every household switched to renewable energy and stopped driving cars tomorrow, total household emissions would fall by less than 20 per cent, the study found. So the SMH will stop running ads, one assumes. Stand back as Wendy announces: Over-consumption is, literally, costing the earth. Whoa! More water is used to produce a single serve of beef than the average Sydneysider uses during an entire week of showers. Every $100 spent on clothing generates 70 kilograms of greenhouse pollution. So they really do want us to live in caves. Brace yourself for super genius enviro-insight: One of the main findings of the report, Consuming Australia, is that the more people earn, the more they spend ... It took an extensive analysis to work this out. These people are demented.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (22211)	8/27/2007 10:14:50 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

this excuse if pretty good too, lol "Craig explained the foot-brushing by saying that he has a "wide stance" while using the bathroom."

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (22211)	8/27/2007 10:18:24 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.....<gg> France's Sarkozy raises prospect of Iran airstrikes In his first major foreign policy speech, French president says diplomatic push by world's powers to rein in Tehran's nuclear program is only alternative to 'Iranian bomb or bombing of Iran' Reuters French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday a diplomatic push by the world's powers to rein in Tehran's nuclear program was the only alternative to "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran." ynetnews.com In his first major foreign policy speech, Sarkozy emphasized his existing foreign policy priorities, such as opposing Turkish membership of the European Union and pushing for a new Mediterranean Union that he hopes will include Ankara. Global Threat Iran develops 900-kg ‘smart bomb’ - official media / Reuters Guided bomb developed by specialists within Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry and is now operational, IRNA news agency reports, adding it could be dropped from F-4 and F-5 jets Full story He also presented some new ideas, such as possibly renewing high-level dialogue with Syria and expanding the Group of Eight industrialized nations to include the biggest developing states. Sarkozy said a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable and that major powers should continue their policy of incrementally increasing sanctions against Tehran while being open to talks if Iran suspended nuclear activities. "This initiative is the only one that can enable us to escape an alternative that I say is catastrophic: the Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran," he said, adding that it was the worst crisis currently facing the world. Tehran says it only wants to generate electricity but it has yet to convince the world's most powerful countries that it is not secretly pursuing nuclear weapons. French president's speech (Photo: AFP) Sarkozy criticized Russia for its dealings on the international stage. "Russia is imposing its return on the world scene by using its assets, notably oil and gas, with a certain brutality," he said. "When one is a great power, one should not be brutal." Energy disputes between Russia and neighbors such as Belarus and Ukraine have raised doubts in Europe about Moscow's reliability as a gas exporter. It supplies Europe, via its neighbors, with around a quarter of its gas demands. Sarkozy had warm words for the United States, saying friendship between the two countries was important. But he said he felt free to disagree with American policies, highlighting what he called a lack of leadership on the environment. Franco-Syrian dialogue Breaking with the policy of his predecessor Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy said he was prepared to hold high-level talks with Syria if it backed French efforts aimed at ending the political crisis in Lebanon. "If Damascus committed itself to this path, then the conditions for a Franco-Syrian dialogue would be in place." But he stuck to his predecessor's stance in demanding that a timeline be drawn up for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Sarkozy said the only option for Turkey's accession talks with the European Union was a form of privileged partnership short of EU membership, and said he wanted a Mediterranean Union to take shape next year. Turkey has said that project should not be an alternative to Ankara joining the European Union. Sarkozy proposed setting up a "committee of wise men" to consider the future of Europe, including the Turkish question. He criticized Beijing's management of its currency, which he says is too low and gives it an unfair advantage on export markets. He said China and other developing powers Mexico, South Africa, Brazil and India should eventually join the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations to become the G13.