The Rural Voice, 1998-01, Page 15by 30 per cent, nitrous oxide up 15
per cent, and methane up 100 per
cent.
• In fossil -fuel -dependent USA,
emissions per capita per year are
5.3 tonnes per person. In India they
are 0.3 tonnes per person.
• Finally, the problem of
humanity's degradation of the
planet is portrayed in the horrific
Robert Mercer
statistic from China that indicates
that the Yangtze River system
absorbs 40 million tonnes of
sewage and other waste DAILY!
That puts farm waste problems
on any Canadian farm into better
perspective. Individually we do a
fair job. Nationally it doesn't look
so good.
From news reports, Canada
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appeared to go to the Kyoto
negotiations with no clear policy on
what to do, or how to do it, or what
it would cost to do it if we could.
That frightens me for the long term
outlook of our national global
ecological responsibilities.0
Robert Mercer was editor of the
Broadwater Market Letter and a farm
commentator in Ontario for 25 years.
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