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An article by Robert Shields, Nature, September 23, 365 pp 297-298 which begins with the sentence: "It is a sobering thought that the size of the human genome is the same as that of maize and lies midway between that of potato and pea.'' This one observation may explain many of our difficulties.
Hugh W. Ellsaesser in 21st Century, Summer 1993, pp 12-13 shows that the Russian H-bomb tests in 1961 and 1962 did not noticeably reduce atmospheric ozone. An ozone minimum occurred in the mid-1960's probably as a result of a corresponding minimum in the 11 year solar cycle.
Ignoring the solar cycle and in order to claim that the 1986 minimum is unusual, the Chicken Littles of ozone politics have been adding non-existent ozone to the experimental values from the 1960s. They justify this "data inflation'' by claiming that Russian nuclear tests artificially reduced the values. In serious science this sort of nonsense is called by its real name, and those who practice it find other employment.
B. Wuethrich, Science News, 144, p 134 gives the estimate that one-half the methane released into the atmosphere is from wetlands. This reminds me of the Wall Street Journal report last year that, in a study of squirrels that are deemed more important than an Arizona Observatory, squirrel observers had watched in horror as one of their special squirrels was eaten by a spotted owl.
The Stockowner's News, 17, September 1993 available from PO Box 65563, Washington, D.C. 20053 documents their calculation that total taxes on major U.S. corporations in 1992 equaled 280% of common stockowner's earnings.

•	The Euthanasia Act of 1994
•	NOBEL TREES
•	WISER THAN THEY REALIZE
•	109 REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
•	LOSING TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
•	OZONE PROPORTIONALITY
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•	STARK RAVING MAD
•	GOOD READING

Vol. 21, No. 3

Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive
Volume: Issues
Issue/No.: Vol. 21, No. 3

Date: November 01, 1993 05:47 PM
Title: The Euthanasia Act of 1994