LONGEVITY AND TECHNOLOGY

In several previous articles, we have given data showing the posi tive correlation of lifespan and technology such as last month's comparison of Russian lifespans before and after the recent breakdown of parts of their technological economy.

Directions magazine 1, p10 (1996), reports a 1990 Harvard study of lifespan in 26 developed countries. This places the United States 16th in the world in life expectancy with 78.6 years for women and 71.6 years for men. First and second place are held by Japan and France with 82.5 years for women and 76.2 years for men & 81.3 years for women and 72.9 years for men respectively. This is three years or a 4% shorter life for Americans vs. the average of Japan and France.

Interestingly, the average percentage nuclear electricity generation of Japan and France is 55% vs. 23% for the United States. Although only a small part of this decreased lifespan could reasonably be attributed directly to energy production, nuclear power percentages are indicative of the technological environments of these three countries.

The United States is 18th in nuclear power and 16th in life expectancy. Thirty years ago, before we began diverting vast amounts of our capital to welfare programs and destroying our industrial base with taxes and regulations, the United States was first in almost everything.

•	Truth vs. Fiction
•	TECHNOLOGICAL FREEDOM
•	VOCABULARY DEFLATION
•	NUCLEAR PROGRESS
•	COOLING TREND
•	*LONGEVITY AND TECHNOLOGY*
•	LIVESTOCK AND WATER
•	STARK RAVING MAD
•	GOOD READING

Vol. 24, No. 2

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Issue/No.: Vol. 24, No. 2

Date: October 01, 1996 12:51 PM
Title: Truth vs. Fiction